Political storm after the failure of the Supreme Court in UC student elections

TSJ considers "arbitrary and illegitimate" the electoral commission proclaimed winner of the student opposition candidate.

A real political storm erupted in the country the decision of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) last Tuesday, which requires that the authorities of the University of Carabobo (CU) feeding the president of the Federation of University Centers (FCU) to the ruling party candidate Jessica Bello after the student elections of this university, at the expense of Marlon Diaz opposition, he is sworn in as the winner.

Political actors, analysts and tuiteros this debate have become a trend on social networks. Many question the autonomy of the country's highest court.

In his opinion, the Supreme Court contends that the Electoral Commission proclaimed the winner the opponent Diaz is "arbitrary and illegitimate", and gives the go-ahead instead to the members of an official electoral commission trend, has two days before the election process.

In a press release, the Supreme Court indicates that "amparo filed against the citizen Luis Eduardo Leon, who gave performances in the usurpation of the functions of the Student Electoral Commission, as an organ, in the electoral process, she said representatives of the Federation of University Centers of 14 November 2018. "

Award No. 102, with a presentation by the President of the Electoral Chamber and the First Vice-President of the TSJ, Judge Indira Alfonzo Izaguirre, also declares the arbitrary and unlawful acts committed by the citizen Luis Eduardo León to be non-existent and without legal effect. the student electoral process of the University of Carabobo (…) for which he proceeded to the proclamation of the citizen Marlon Díaz to the post of president of the Federation of the university centers before the academic authorities of this same house of studies, by usurping the powers of the members of the electoral Commission legally constituted on November 12, 2018.

Jessica Bello – the candidate of the plaque 200, known for her affinity with Carabobo's governor, Rafael Lacava – lodged an amparo appeal for violation of the active and passive voting rights and participation rights set out in articles 62 and 63. and 70 of the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

In the letter, also announces that an investigation should be opened for the alleged commission of crimes committed in the electoral process of the University of Carabobo.

The President of the Federation of University Centers sworn by the Electoral Commission of the University of Carabobo (UC), Marlon Díaz, a student of medicine and law, assured that he had a lawsuit. verbal showing that he had won the elections in student elections. will not respect the decision of the TSJ. "No court will judge the will of the student, we measure ourselves and we win," he added.