October 10, 2024, 10:44 PM
October 10, 2024, 10:44 PM
The substitute member Carlos Eduardo Gómez Rojas presented his letter of resignation before the Legislative Assembly, at the beginning of September, it was accepted and with his resignation he left the group of substitute members of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) at the minimum number.
The resignation letter was read on September 2 in the last Assembly session chaired by Vice President David Choquehuanca, who said that resignations are final and that its effects arose from knowing each other.
With the resignation of the member Gómez Rojas The group of substitute members only had two members, who must replace the incumbents when there is a conflict of interest.
On December 19, 2019, in the midst of the political crisis that the country was going through, The Assembly achieved consensus to elect 12 memberssix starters and six substitutes. The incumbent voters were: Daniel Atahuachi Quispe (now Tauhichi Tauhichi Quispe), María Angélica Ruiz Vaca Diez, Óscar Hassenteuffel Salazar, Francisco Vargas Camacho, Rosario Baptista Canedo and Nancy Gutiérrez Salas.
As substitute members they were elected: Nelly Arista Quispe, Noemí Uriarte Sánchez, Yajaira San Martín Crespo, Edwin Lino Armata Balcázar, Carlos Eduardo Gómez Rojas and Pablo Christian Zuleta Sánchez.
Changes
After the October 2020 elections, the TSE plenary chamber was modified. The first to resign was the president of the electoral body, Salvador Romero Ballivián, who had been appointed by former president Jeanine Áñez, as representative of the Executive Branch before the TSE. Ballivián left his position on April 28, 2021.
On November 13, 2021, member Rosario Baptista Canedo resigned from her position.who denounced irregularities in the Bolivian electoral system.
And on May 4, 2022 the vowel followed the same steps María Angélica Ruiz Vaca Diezwho left his position stating that he could not continue in office in the “current situations.”
There were also news among the substitutes; In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, substitute member Edwin Lino Armata Balcazar died. And to replace the two members who resigned, the replacement was activated; in that way Nelly Arista Quispe and Yajaira San Martín Crespo were sworn in as startersleaving the substitutes with three members.
On September 2, Carlos Eduardo Gómez Rojas resigned and There are only two members left to replace the incumbents, If these have to leave the full room, it is Noemy Uriarte Sánchez and Pablo Zuleta Sánchez.
The presidential delegate
In the case of the representatives of the Executive it is more complex, because these members do not have a substitute. According to the Political Constitution of the State (CPE) and the Electoral Regime Law The members are appointed for six years and can only be replaced by resignation, lawsuits or death.
Salvador Romero Ballivian He was the member appointed by Áñez and the president Luis Arce could not dismiss him. Upon the resignation of the member, the Executive appointed Dina Chuquimia as its representative and when he did not like the work of the member, he chose to replace her and took possession of Gustavo Ávila on April 4 of this year.
In such a way that The Executive quota in the TSE had three members. Chuquimia is currently exhausting internal instances in search of asserting its rights, because it considers that it was removed illegally, which is why it aims to turn to international justice.
