The Mayor of San Juan, Miguel Romero, argued that the application submitted to the court by his rival in the last election, Manuel Natal, because the allegations contained in a request to challenge the result which must be considered to be true are nothing more than an attempt to ‘draw attention’.
In written statements, Romero stressed that he has already appeared in court, although “without submitting to the jurisdiction”, to request the rejection of the trial.
“We appeared in court, without submitting to the jurisdiction, requesting the rejection of the appeal. The legal process was processed where appropriate, in the judicial forum. The expressions that Mr. Natal made today have the sole purpose of attracting attention, creating controversy and generating a certain type of public opinion; merit cases are litigated in court, “said the mayor of the New Progressive.
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“The arguments are presented, a dismissal motion has been filed and we are paying attention to their processing,” Romero added.
Natal, in short, claimed in a statement presented this morning that the 10-day deadline that Romero had to oppose – under oath – the facts alleged in the appeal expired yesterday, as the dismissal proposals presented by the former senator consist of procedural instructions. . The candidate for The Citizen Victory Movement He insisted that at least the court should convene a trial hearing to resolve the jurisdictional issue.
For his part, Romero claims that he was not properly placed in the terms set out in Electoral code for challenge processes.
Natal requested that, due to the mismatch between the voters who voted earlier and the ballots counted according to that method, a new election be ordered among that group of voters.
Like Romero, State Electoral Commission (EEC) Yes Hector Joaquin Sanchez, Electoral Commissioner at The new progressive party, requested the rejection of the lawsuit. In the case of the EEC, it claims that the possible ballots at issue are not sufficient to reverse the result, even if they were all deducted from Romero’s total votes.
Romero defeated Natal by 3,465 votes, according to certified results.
“For my part, I will continue to focus on what is really important, working for all the people of San Juan. Cleaning and lighting the streets, decorating, security, witnessing the Covid-19 pandemic and opening our parks and facilities so that people can recreate, among other things, ”said Romero.
These days, Natal has criticized the designation Alberto Escudero, who in 2011 was briefly director of Electricity Authority (PREPA), as deputy mayor of the capital and accused Romero of hiding this appointment. Escudero was fired from the PREPA leadership when it turned out that one of his properties had a “dishonesty” on the electricity meter.
The mayor downplayed the controversy that took place more than nine years ago, stressing that allegations of electrical misconduct have not been proven.