The TSE announces that it will call on parties to decide whether to prioritize primaries or judicial elections | El TSE anuncia que convocará a partidos para definir si se prioriza las primarias o las judiciales

By Juan Carlos Véliz, Cadena A, Eju.tv:

The members of the electoral body will also propose the modification of the law for judging high state officials so that they are tried in a trial of responsibilities for their actions during the exercise of their duties.

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Electoral Tribunal (TSE) official, Tahuichi Tahuichi, announced that this state body will summon representatives of political parties to a meeting to decide whether this year to prioritize holding primary elections or judicial elections.

“We are going to call all national political parties with the aim of achieving certain agreements to cancel the primary elections because we have reached the moment of deciding whether we want judicial elections or primary elections,” the official said yesterday in an interview with the Cadena A television network.

Electoral forecasts indicate that this year primary elections should be held in which political parties choose their candidate to represent them in the 2025 general elections; however, the election of high judges of the Judicial body is also pending.

The electoral process for the election of high judicial positions was supposed to take place last year, but the lack of agreements in the Legislative Assembly postponed those elections and now conflicts with the primaries.

TSE President, Oscar Hasentteufel, announced on Friday that this state body is drafting a bill to cancel the primary elections from the electoral calendar to prioritize the holding of judicial elections.

“Judicial elections are an election that should not be contaminated with other types of components, and in a primary election, the political element is always present,” the electoral authority justified then.

Vocal Tahuichi also stated that another objective of the meeting would be to request that electoral officials be judged through a trial of responsibilities for crimes or offenses they might commit in the exercise of their functions.

“Another objective of the meeting is to ask the politicians who have representation in the Assembly to be honest, to give us guarantees to work without any political pressure, which means including us in Law 044 that establishes the figure of a trial of responsibilities for the exercise of our functions,” he stressed.

The Supreme Electoral Tribunal prepares a meeting with representatives of political parties. / Photo: Erbol

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