Appeals against Bukele’s candidacy declared inadmissible

He Supreme Electoral Court declared “inadmissible” at least two of the submitted appeals for the annulment of the presidential candidacy Nayib Bukele for his current re-election, declared unconstitutional, according to one of the resolutions that EFE had access to on Friday and posted on social networks by one of the lawyers.

According to local media reports, at least they are TSE rejected three annulment appealsthe highest electoral body in the Central American state, with 4 votes out of 5 proprietary judges.

EFE had access to the resolution issued by the appeal of the president of the opposition party Our Time, Andy FailerNovember 7.

“The annulment appeal filed by Mr. Andy Wei-Chuan Failer Mendizábal, in his capacity as president of the political party NUESTRO TIEMPO, is declared inadmissible,” the resolution states.

The judges of the TSE also indicated that the decision to register the candidacy of Bukele and his vice-president Félix Ulloa was confirmed.

“The reported appeal cannot serve as a basis for canceling the candidacy, because it is not adequately configured by the claim,” the document dated November 15 states.

Constitutional lawyer Enrique Anaya stated in his

“There are so many illegalities and absurdities recorded in the TSE resolution that it is impossible to summarize them in X,” added the lawyer.

The way to Bukele’s re-election is open in 2021, when Constitutional Council of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ)who was appointed by the ruling majority Congress in violation of the legal procedure, changed the criteria for interpreting the Constitution.

The judges, who the US accuses of being “loyal” to the Bukele executive and include former advisers and ex-lawyers of high-ranking officials, pointed out that the ban on immediate re-election for a ruler who has been in power for 10 years. .

In the said ruling, which several lawyers believe is not binding on the TSE because it does not come from a legitimate authority, they indicated that he had to leave office six months before the start of the next term.

Until the above-mentioned verdict, Bukele publicly asserted on at least two occasions that Constitution The Salvadoran government did not allow immediate re-election.