Following the Court's ruling, the Electoral Tribunal confirmed that the elections in San Juan will be held on July 2

The Electoral Tribunal of the province confirmed on Friday that the elections in San Juan will be held on July 2, after the Supreme Court of Justice stopped the re-election of San Juan Governor Sergio Uñac, considering that another nomination would be unconstitutional.

The members of the court announced the new electoral schedule during a press conference, after the suspended elections in the gubernatorial category on May 14.

This Thursday, the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation disqualified by majority Governor Uñac to present himself as a candidate for a new term as provincial president, considering that another nomination would be unconstitutional.

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The decision was signed by Horacio Rosatti, Juan Carlos Maqueda and Carlos Rosenkrantz, while Ricardo Lorenzetti did not vote because he did not intervene in the issuance of the precautionary measure that suspended the elections for governor and vice president.

Faced with this decision, President Alberto Fernández said that, "once again, the Supreme Court interferes in the democratic and autonomous process of the provinces. It has issued a sentence without the highest court of San Juan having previously given its opinion, attributing to itself an original competence based on a forced and illegitimate interpretation."

For his part, Uñac said that the highest court "overwhelmed any feature of federalism and violated the autonomy" of the province and produced "the cancellation of any type of hope of the people" of San Juan to elect "democratically, constitutionally and autonomously."

In a statement titled "Supreme Court to the autonomy of our people," the San Juan president said he will abide by the ruling "although he does not share, at all, a decision that reflects, in the worst possible way, the judicialization of politics."

"I will not be complicit in the manipulation of this election. That is why I want to turn this page and ask the Electoral Tribunal of the province to quickly set a new election date to define, without conditions and without new interference, the representatives of the government of our province for the next four years," he said.

The gubernatorial election was suspended by the Court on May 9, 5 days before the elections, by granting a precautionary measure requested by the libertarian candidate Sergio Vallejos.

Finally, on Sunday, May 14, the elections were held in the other categories: deputies, mayors and councilors, and the election of governor and vice president was pending.

See also

Sergio Uñac accused the Court of "subjugating" federalism, but expected a ruling against it: who he thinks to succeed him

Alberto Fernández criticized the Supreme Court for the ruling that disqualified the candidacy of Sergio Uñac: "It breaks federalism and weakens our democracy"