In order to “guarantee the freedom, honesty and effectiveness of popular suffrage”, starting this Monday, April 29, and until the proclamation of an elected president is made, the ranks of the Public Force, made up of the National Police , the National Aeronaval Service, the National Border Service and the Institutional Protection Service, will remain under orders of the Electoral Court, as established in Executive Decree Number 39 of April 26, 2024.
The Decree clarifies that the Executive Branch will continue to command the Public Force for everything related to national defense, the conservation of public order and the protection of the life, honor and property of nationals and foreigners who are in the national territory. , without the fulfillment of these responsibilities being carried out without interfering with the partisan political neutrality that the Public Force must maintain during the Electoral Process.
In addition, the directors of the different components of the Public Force are empowered to adopt the measures that are necessary to comply with this Executive Decree.