The Court of Appeal overturned the decision of the San Juan Court of First Instance regarding the election for mayor of San Juan, which was filed by the candidate for the Citizen Victory Movement (MVC), Manuel Natal Albelo, against elected mayor Miguel Romero.
“We will ask the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico to review and revoke the erroneous ruling issued 2-1 by a panel of the Court of Appeal and restore the reasoned judgment of the Court of First Instance, thus rejecting the challenge of the San Juan elections.” Romero turn after knowing the decision and stressed that it was with a 2-1 vote.
According to Natal’s sentence, “he gave [a Romero] appropriate notification of the existence of a fashionable action against you which may arise if you are interested ‘.
“We conclude that this notification not only met the requirements of Article 10.15 of the Electoral Code, but also guaranteed the petitioners the appropriate legal process, as it gave them a precise notification of what was claimed and requested in the appeal file and the requirements of the provisions of the Order to show the cause ”, reads the 18-page document shared by the former representative.
“Now the case returns to the Court of First Instance, so that all the irregularities of Unit 77 can finally be assessed,” reads a post on the politician’s Facebook account.
Natal filed a lawsuit before the San Juan Court of First Instance to challenge the votes of Unit 77, which gave Romero the victory for the municipality in that municipality.
“There are at least 6,593 municipal ballots in Unit 77 that are illegal and whose voters, chain of custody and provenance are impossible to determine,” the MVC’s call for mayor said.
However, his claim was rejected because he “did not meet the jurisdictional deadline set in the 2020 Electoral Code to serve the contested candidate”. In other words, Natal did not serve the challenged candidate within the five-day deadline set by the new Code. Electoral.