The Electoral Tribunal of the province of San Juan announced tonight that after the decision of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation that suspended the election for governor, next Sunday only the provincial offices will be voted on. “We do not suspend the entire electoral act because we do not have the powers to do so,” said the Cuyo electoral justice authorities at a press conference.
In this way, then, next Sunday, May 14 in San Juan, there will be no vote for the positions of governor and vice, but for provincial deputy, departmental deputy, mayors and councilors.
“The ruling in question does not leave, due to its clarity, an interpretative margin other than the one that is made. The decision of the Supreme Court obliges this court to take operational measures that allow the development of the electoral act in the four remaining categories”, they specified from the Electoral Tribunal while indicating that the ballots authorized in advance will continue to be valid on Sunday through despite having the candidates for governor and vice. “By the secretariat, the necessary measures must be taken not to scrutinize the first category, that is, that of governor and vice, categories that will be excluded from the act,” they announced.
It is worth remembering that in the early hours of this afternoon —surprisingly— the Supreme Court of Justice resolved suspend the elections next Sunday in the provinces of Tucumán and San Juan, where the provincial leaders ran for re-election. The highest court granted precautionary measures requested by the opposition in those territories. The first requirement to advance in the analysis of the issue was to ask these provinces for reports on the situation that must be delivered in the next five days. Therefore, the elections for governor and vice may not be held until the Court issues a ruling on the matter.
In Tucumán, the conflict revolves around the candidacy of former chief of staff Juan Manzur, who is running for lieutenant governor after having served as governor of Tucumán for two consecutive terms. In San Juan, the opposition questions Uñac, who intends to be governor again after having held that position for two consecutive terms. Before he had been lieutenant governor of the province.
With the signature of the judges Horace Rosatti, Juan Carlos Maqueda and Carlos Rosenkrantzthe Supreme Court declared “the original jurisdiction” of the highest court and ordered the two provinces to request “the circumstantial report” to be delivered in the next five days.
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