Global Courant
Because the municipality is on the list of places at “very high” risk of electoral conflict, the polls closed an hour before the rest of the centers throughout the country.
The measure was taken by the Departmental Electoral Board (JED) of Izabal as a precaution and the risk map prepared by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) in conjunction with security authorities was taken into account to prevent any altercation in the place.
The polls in the Estor opened at seven o’clock, as was done in the rest of the centers in the 340 municipalities in the country.
In the urban area, three voting centers were installed, while in the rural area six were set up.
According to the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE), in this municipality there are 38 thousand 176 registered people.
In principle, the fact that the polls in the Estor closed an hour earlier was not to the liking of some political parties, who came to consider that the decision contradicted the Constitution of the Republic itself, for which reason they asked the TSE to reconsider the provision, however In the end, the residents had one hour less to vote.
El Estor, in Izabal, is the first municipality in the
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