🟣 This Thursday, October 8th, on "Sin Maquillaje" with Mery Vaca:

✳️THE TSE: BETWEEN DIVISION, CONFUSION, A SUSPENSION, AND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS

📌DISVISION: There are two blocs in the Plenary Session. The majority bloc, comprised of four members, including the President and Vice President, makes decisions with which the minority bloc, made up of Carlos Alberto Goitia, Celedonia Cruz, and Silvia Chávez, disagrees.

📌APPOINTMENT QUOTAS: Each member proposes appointments to the Plenary Session, and those of the majority bloc are approved by a majority vote. Member Cruz requested a report on this matter from the administrative director, Oscar Aranibar, who was subsequently dismissed, while Cruz herself was suspended.

📌SUSPENSION: Celedonia Cruz, from the minority bloc, was suspended for failing to attend the TSE's initial sessions. And he didn't attend because, he says, he didn't have his accreditation. Despite this, he says he went to the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE), but they wouldn't let him in.

📌COMPLAINTS: Electoral board member Carlos Alberto Goitia is using his social media account to denounce: the allocation of positions, the irregular registration of candidates, and the existence of a presidential delegate (Ávila) who, in his opinion, shouldn't exist.

✅During the program, the list of contracts, the testimony of board member Cruz, and Goitia's social media posts were presented.

✅In addition, analyst Jimena Costa and the TSE's Secretary of the Chamber, Fernando Arteaga, participated.

✳️Here are some quotes:

📌JIMENA COSTA:

✅“What we are seeing is that, like other branches of government—the problems in the judiciary, the bribes in the legislature, or the corruption allegations against the executive branch—the Electoral Body has also been deinstitutionalized.”

✅“Appointments have become based on interests, not meritocracy.”

✅“Positions for public officials are being distributed as if they were spoils of war, and clearly there is no selection based on merit, abilities, or competencies.”

✅“The Supreme Electoral Tribunal has become a kind of prize to be won, where decisions are made by a group of friends without any transparency.”

✅“The underlying issue is that the Supreme Electoral Tribunal is using these kinds of, let's call them, arguments or situations, to try to remove one of the members selected by the Plurinational Legislative Assembly.”

📌FERNANDO ARTEAGA:
✅Regarding Celedonia Cruz's appearance with Senator Tomasa Yarhui:
“It's a bit strange that a member is relying on a political party to make a complaint. That also affects her credibility because we are an impartial body.

“This situation doesn't only occur in decisions of this type, but in all administrative and jurisdictional decisions; it's the majority of the members who make the decision.”

✅Regarding Carlos Alberto Goitia's tweets:
“If he is aware of any complaint affecting internal or administrative matters, he should report it through the appropriate channels.” Posting tweets or similar situations affects not so much the institution's image, but rather the image of the individual member.”

✅Regarding the allocation of positions:

“The plenary session is a collegial body; the decisions are made by the members participating in the session.”

“I believe that's why addressing this electoral reform is crucial, because there are these situations that sometimes seem very administrative, but they should be regulated by law, amended by law.”

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🎙️GUESTS:
➡️ JIMENA COSTA, political scientist and analyst
➡️ FERNANDO ARTEAGA, secretary of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE)

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