Dialogue seen as road to solving JCE crisis

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Although the Central Electoral Board (JCE) president did not issue any comments on the issue, several delegates and judges were not so shy. Three JCE judges and delegates of the political parties said that they felt that the start of the dialogue between the PRD and PLD parties, mediated by Monsignor Agripino Nunez Collado, has been positive. The dialogue is aimed at finding a solution to the crisis that has arisen over the control of the Computer Center. Nonetheless, magistrates Rosario Graciano, Cesar Felix Felix and Eddy Olivares acknowledge that even if the biggest parties reach some sort of agreement, the JCE Plenary will have the last word. Judge Graciano said that what was needed was for the parties to get together in order to find a solution to the problem. Nevertheless she made it clear that the parties will make their proposal and that the electoral institution will decide what to do. "I understand that this is a step forward, because as I have said before, the opinion of the parties is going to have a lot of weight in the solution to this issue," she said. Meanwhile, Judge Cesar Felix Felix stressed the close relationship between the Catholic Church and civil society with the JCE and lauded Nunez Collado as the country's mediator par excellence. "They are talking, the last word belongs to the Plenary of the Central Electoral Board," he said. Although he claimed that the JCE is well positioned and has maintained its credibility, he admitted that the "noises" were affecting its credibility, perhaps just a little. He accepted that the parties have always come in and worked hand-in-hand with the JCE, which would have no reason to exist if it were not for the parties. Judge Eddy Olivares said that the solution to the conflict is in the hands of the country's basic political leadership and that from the legal point of view the JCE would have the last word. He stressed that the most important thing is not to judge mistakes or search for people to blame, but to find a solution that is satisfactory.

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