The plenary session of the
National Election Board (JNE) will issue credentials to the legislators —elected in the 26 January 2020 extraordinary parliamentary elections— on Friday, February 28 at 10 AM.
The event will take place once the Special Election Board (JEE) completes a decentralized announcement of the results and if they remain the same during the JNE plenary session.
The delivery of credentials will be held 33 days after the election day, far surpassing the historical average of 50 days during general elections in 2006, 2011, and 2016.
This record was achieved because the 60 JEEs proceeded to resolve —rapidly and in strict accordance with the law— the procedural burden they received (11,573 observed records) by attending the exhortation given by JNE Chairman Victor Ticona.
In addition, the supreme electoral court did the same with the cases that came on appeal, holding public hearings in strict respect for the right to defense of the parties and issuing the respective resolutions promptly and in accordance with the electoral rules. To date, there is no procedural burden left to resolve.
Once these documents are issued, the elected lawmakers will be sworn in as members of the Congress of the Republic and complete the 2016-2021 congressional period.
The new 130 legislators will serve the remaining period of the 2016-2021 legislative tenure, following the dissolution of Congress.
They are expected to take up duties once the National Election Board (JNE) has granted them the corresponding credentials.
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Publicado: 18/2/2020