The National Election Jury (JNE) reminded the political organizations that aspire to participate in the Regional and Municipal Elections 2022 that the placement of electoral propaganda on property considered Cultural Heritage of the Nation.
Indeed, the Electoral Propaganda, State Publicity and Neutrality Regulations in the electoral period approved by the JNE establishes in 7.10 of article 7 that, constitutes an infringement carry out electoral propaganda on goods that have the aforementioned condition.
The regulations state that Special Electoral Juries (JEE) of each jurisdiction are in charge of initiating the sanctioning procedure for political organizations that commit an infraction, following a report from the inspector of the National Directorate of Control and Electoral Processes (DNFPE).
The JEE qualifies the auditor’s report and, if it is verified that the facts described constitute an alleged infraction, the sanctioning procedure against the alleged offender(s) is admitted for processing, and the proceedings are sent to them so that they can carry out the respective discharges, in within three business days.
Once the term has expired, with or without the discharge, and within a term not exceeding five calendar days, the JEE pronounces on the existence of an infraction in the matter of electoral propaganda.
The regulation states that in the event that an asset that constitutes Cultural Heritage of the Nation has been altered, only the remission of copies of the proceedings to the Ministry of Culture and the Public Ministry is orderedso that they proceed in accordance with their attributions.
It should be noted that the DNFPE, through its inspectors, carries out continuous operations to monitor strict compliance with the regulations.
