JNE rejects proposal to reduce the number of members of the Supreme Electoral Chamber

The National Electoral Jury (JNE) today expressed its disagreement with opinion bills proposing to “modernize and strengthen the electoral system”.

Through a statement electoral unit disapproved of attempts to reduce membership Supreme Electoral Chamberbecause, as he noted, members there are rooms current mandateso that “any reform involving its reduction would be an arbitrary and unconstitutional interference.”

He JNEpresided over by Jorge Luis Salas Arenas also rejected a proposal to increase five To Seven the number of members of the institutional plenary meeting with the aim of creating two supreme judicial chambers, consisting of only three members, which will act as the last resort in election business.

“The creation of two chambers, each consisting of only three members, does not guarantee the proper administration of electoral justice in the last and last resort, as it shortens the time for debate and prevents reasonable disagreement, and may even paralyze the processes of electoral jurisdiction, which are by nature swift.” , criticism.

“In addition, this proposal liquidates the Plenum, which, by constitutional mandate, is the highest body in resolving electoral conflicts,” he adds.

Also National Election Jury noted that the increase from one to three representatives Guilds of Lawyersas proposed in the legislative initiatives, would create an incorrect imbalance in the “large and democratic composition that the ENE Plenum currently has”.

The institution reiterated that the economic implications of the proposal have not been “sufficiently” studied, such as the remuneration of magistrates who are members of the chambers, the staff that will integrate it, premises, logistics and others.

With regard to the proposal to terminate Arena Roomsthe electoral body noted that there is no support to propose this scenario.

“The reasons are not disclosed, nor is there any reasonable support to advance the mandate or remove from electoral jurisdiction a member elected by the Supreme Court who presides over the JNE as specified in the bills,” read the announcement.

The JNE concluded its statement by stating that the implementation Decentralized Electoral Juries (JEE) to establish its permanence, this is a matter to be considered with “sufficiency”, “tranquility” and in the “social tranquility” scenario.