The National Electoral Processes Office (ONPE) ordered that the party of Popular renewalwhich leads Rafael López Aliagamake your primary choices under the modality of universal, free, voluntary, equal, direct and secret vote of your affiliates.
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According to the resolution, issued by the Electoral Organization and Regional Coordination Management of the ONPE, it is confirmed that in the primary election modality, delegates must be elected, previously, by universal and secret vote of their affiliates, in accordance with the provisions of the statute and electoral regulations of the respective political organization.
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On August 29, Popular Renewal informed the ONPE that the modality of its primary elections will be for the number of delegates. However, the initiative was not adjusted to its statute or its current electoral regulations, which contemplated a different modality.
With this measure of the ONPE, the subsequent decision of the National Executive Committee (CEN), which had indicated the election through delegates, is not taken into account.
Popular renewal at risk
Fernando Tuesta, an expert in electoral matters and as a former head of the ONPEindicated that in the primary elections closed of Popular renewal Its more than 50 thousand affiliates participate, who would vote directly by the presidential and parliamentary candidates. On this, he said that the main risk is that, if at least 10% of the register (about 5,000 militants) does not go, the party would be outside the electoral process.
“Surely, popular renewal will appeal the management resolution, corresponding to the General Secretariat of the ONPE to resolve in the second instance. Exhausted the administrative route, it may take the case to the National Jury of Elections (JNE), which will ultimately pronounced.
