NewsWhore
10-24-2007, 05:50 PM
Yesterday the Central Electoral Board debated the issues raised by the controversial television campaign advertisement that features President Fernandez and an active member of the armed forces. After the meeting, the JCE voted 5-4 in favor of holding a meeting with PLD officials. The entire nine-judge panel argued over two positions. The first was the immediate removal of the spot from all media. The second idea was to open discussions with the party involved, the PLD, in order to hear their arguments. Yesterday magistrate Eddy Olivares told Diario Libre that he had warned the board that it was no longer qualified to rule on similar cases during the election process because it should have removed the spot within 48 hours of its first appearance. Olivares said that there was "no need to consult anybody because the issue was a serous and grave violation of the Constitution and Electoral Law." Olivares said that after the spot had been on the air for more than 48 hours there was not much sense in removing it since the effect that the JCE should have prevented was already in place.
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