November 11, 2024, 2:55 PM
November 11, 2024, 2:55 PM
The second multi-party and inter-institutional meeting, convened by the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE)expressed this Monday his full support for the holding of joint judicial elections on December 15 and rejected the controversial constitutional ruling that questioned said process.
“The holding of judicial elections on December 15 is reaffirmed of 2024 with the purpose of renewing all the authorities of the Judicial Branch and the Plurinational Constitutional Court in the constitutional and legal framework in force in the country, for whichemphatically rejects the (questioned) constitutional ruling (…) every time it incurs a flagrant violation of the principle of estoppel“, quotes the first point of the declaration issued after the ‘summit’ meeting held this Monday in La Paz.
On November 7, the Plurinational Constitutional Court (TCP) had declared void (through a ruling of November 4) the call to elect the judges of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) in the departments of Beni and Pando, and of the TCP in Pando, Cochabamba, Santa Cruz, Beni and Tarija.
However, in the second point of this Monday’s political agreement, it was established that “the vice president of the State, the representative of the Executive Branch, the president of the Chamber of Senators, the president of the Chamber of Deputies and the representatives of the organizations politicians express their full support for the TSE in all the actions carried out to guarantee the judicial elections in full on December 15.”
Furthermore, it was determined that “the full validity of Law 1549 of February 6, 2024 is ratified” (Transitional Law for Judicial Elections 2024) in order to protect judicial elections under the conditions, scope and deadlines provided.
The TSE, in a first agreement proposal, had proposed that, in order to protect judicial elections, a short law be immediately made viable that provides for the continuation of the electoral process in its entirety and not fragmented as established by the TCP; However, this suggestion was observed and discarded at the meeting because it is not guaranteed that it can be approved in the Legislative Assembly.
In the fourth point of its declaration, the meeting decided to ratify the duty and responsibility of all public power bodies and political organizations to guarantee the completion of electoral processes that are complete, safe, transparent, plural, competitive and with the most broad citizen participation.
Likewise, it was established that “The Executive Body must guarantee the necessary economic resources already budgeted for the execution of the judicial elections, as well as the possession of the elected authorities in the aforementioned process.”
Besides, “the Plurinational Legislative Assembly was required to issue an immediate statement rejecting the questioned constitutional ruling.
Finally, in the seven-point statement, it was defined that “It is important to consider the modification of Law 044 i“including in its provisions the members of the TSE” considering the responsibilities they carry out.
This decision was made after the member Tahuichi Tahuichi implored the attendees to include the members in said regulations.
