Luis Pinedo warns that there are a series of “shortcomings” in the candidacy process for free application

On July 31, the period established by the Electoral Tribunal (TE) expires for candidates to elect positions by way of free application to present their documents, a process that Luis Pinedo, of the Citizen Consultation movement and El Cabildazo, maintains a series of “failures”.

Despite this, he indicated that it is important not to go into the victimization of the candidate for free application. “The rules of the game are not the same, but they are the ones that affect us; the law is the law, whether we like it or not, and this is a moment where the political situation in this country merits free candidacy,” he remarked. the.

He referred to the issue of digital or electronic signatures, a process stipulated by the TE, pointing out that in the case of the capital district it is almost exclusive, “because it only allows books (for the Mayor’s Office) in places where the telephone company certifies that there are no Internet, but the vast majority of the capital district does have an Internet connection, therefore, it will have to be the digital signature, it cannot be the physical signature”. There is also the tribunalcontigo.com method, the mobile application managed by an activist, the TE kiosks.