Citizen registration centers collapse and the TSE rules out expansions

The citizen registration centers set up by the Departmental Electoral Court (TDE) In La Paz and El Alto they collapsed with protests from the citizens themselveswho gathered in the registration centers, which caused fights and threats of pugilism with the guards of the centers. Meanwhile, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) reported that There will be no registration extensionas demanded by citizens.

“Tomorrow, August 30, is the deadline for mass registration, but if there are lines in the meantime Every last citizen will be registered even if it were not until the next dayuntil the registration of the last citizen is completed,” said the member, Tahuichi Tahuichi Quispe, who called the attention of the citizens and reminded that the registration in the Electoral Registry is permanent.

In La Paz there are up to 11 registration centers and in all of them there were problems, the impatience of the citizens even led to fights with the police themselves. Lack of printers, poor internet connection, few machines, the problems kept appearing in the registration centres, even going so far as to block the roads to be attended. The general complaint is that there were few machines.

“We want attention, we want attention” people shouted at the El Alto “mega-center” for voter registration, located at the city’s bus terminal. It was learned that the Civil Registry Service (Sereci) had 15 machines in this “mega-center.”

“They are insufficient; 15 machines for a population of almost one million of inhabitants is nothing. The authorities have to think about extending the registration period,” protested the mayor of El Alto, Eva Copa, who said that Sereci deployed few personnel to the centers and they had to open the terminal; they thought there would be about 100 machines, but only 15 arrived for the “megacenter.”

Until 8:00 pm on Thursday, the queues did not decrease. and people said they had come since noon and were still waiting for attention. The mass registration for the judicial elections ends on August 30 and there will be no extensions, said the member Tahuichi.