The judge of Electoral Contentious Court (TCE), Fernando Muñozdecided, in the first instance, that the former comptroller Pablo Celi is guilty of serious electoral violation and fined him USD 20,000 and the loss of his political rights for four years.
The sentence says that Call it back is responsible for failing to comply with article 279, number 7, of the Code of Democracy. This refers to the authority or official that interferes in the functioning of the Electoral Function.
This case dates back to 2020, when Vanessa Freireof Strength Social Commitment (FCS), a movement that brought together Correism, denounced the then comptroller Call it backwho issued a special examination that recommended CNE void the registration of movements Strength Social Commitment, Freedom is People, We can y Social justicedue to apparent inconsistencies in the signature qualification process.
In the opinion of Freirethat meant “arrogation of functions and interference” in the electoral process that was going to take place in 2021.
However, Call it back filed a competition dispute action in 2020, before the Constitutional Courtand the case dragged on for three years.
The case was only unraveled in February when the magistrates rejected that action and with it the judge Muñoz was able to continue with its opinion, issued on March 11 of this year.
According to Ecuavisathe ruling is of first instance and can be appealed in the Plenary of the TCE.
In the criminal field, Pablo Celi He was sentenced, in the first instance, in February 2023, to a sentence of 13 years and four months in prison for the crime of organized crime, in which Las Torres case.
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