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11-13-2007, 04:30 PM
Central Electoral Board president Julio Cesar Castanos Guzman has called the magistrates who passed resolution 07-2007 irresponsible, while magistrate John Guilliani has accused Contentious Chamber colleague Eddy Olivares of speaking on behalf of the PRD party, which rejects the resolution calling for campaign advertising for the 2008 presidential election to be suspended until the official campaign period begins. Gulliani says that Olivares represents the PRD in the JCE because the party had lobbied to appoint him to the post. The controversial resolution bans political parties from premature campaigning and calls for the parties to pull their spots from TV and radio and to remove all election banners and posters. Castanos told journalists that the resolution is final and that nine JCE judges had voted for it. The major political parties, flush with cash provided by a law that funds them with a percentage of taxpayer money, have all begun electioneering months before the JCE is due to launch the campaign.

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