The PNP commissioner states that the direct nomination candidate prevailed in the position of mayor of Guánica

“Therefore, Edgardo Cruz Vélez wins that contest with nine votes.s, ”said Sánchez, who stressed that the review of the briefcases of the Guánica contest has ended and All you have to do is give 4 ballots.

He explained that after starting to check again the 30 briefcases of the Guánica contest, Cruz Vélez was awarded 19 additional votes in his favor. This brought the number of votes he had to 2,354 compared to Rodriguez’s 2,386.

In addition, Sánchez continued, Cruz Vélez received 27 votes in his favor on the mixed ballot papers, leaving him with a total of 2,381 votes.

This equated Cruz Vélez and Rodríguez, because with the mixed votes cast, five votes had to be deducted from Rodríguez, the PPD electoral commissioner explained.

“Then nine unvoted votes in favor of Cruz Vélez were found in briefcases,” Sánchez added.

He said that now it remains to be seen what will be the place 4 votes voted by direct nomination in favor of Cruz Vélez, but as a municipal legislator. Sánchez said that these ballots would be discussed at a meeting of the EEC plenary in the afternoon.

The number of votes in Guánica took place today after the Supreme Court ordered the EEC to count all the votes cast by the voter on behalf of Edgardo Cruz Vélez, regardless of whether or not he marked the direct nomination box with an X.

The EEC certified Rodríguez as the winner in December last year and took the oath this week. If the EEC cancels Rodríguez’s certification and issues a new one in favor of Cruz Vélez, he will be the new mayor of Guánica, who, before running, was rejected as an official candidate by the PNP and the Dignity Project.