ANR and PLRA clash over polling station staffing in Capiatá

In Capiatá, a dispute opened between the ANR and the PLRA over the staffing of polling stations for the municipal elections on October 4, according to ABC Color.

According to that outlet, the Partido Liberal Radical Auténtico, headed by Alcides Riveros, was criticized for failing to submit its list of polling station members on time in Luque and Capiatá. In the case of Luque, ABC Color noted that the Liberals allied with a third political force and would have that representation covered, while in Capiatá the omission could have an impact.

The former mayor of Capiatá and ANR candidate for reelection, Laura Gamarra, said at a press conference held at her home that the PLRA acted with negligence and did not take part in the draw for polling station members. She also said that the city will have 26 voting locations and more than 450 ballot boxes.

Still according to ABC Color, Gamarra said that she and the ANR decided not to challenge before the Electoral Justice any possible correction by the PLRA, which she presented as a decision made in the interest of democracy.

The Liberal candidate for mayor, Benita Jara Cañiza, responded in a video on social media and denied that version. She said that List 2 submitted the roster of polling station members and that it will have representatives at each table in the 26 voting locations.

Jara also accused Gamarra of lying and showed, according to ABC Color, an appeal filed by List 1 before the electoral court to request that List 2 be left out of the polling station staffing in Capiatá. She also showed a petition from the ANR requesting that submissions made after the legal deadline be rejected and disregarded.

Sources

• ABC Color

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