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Constitutional Court Sends Election Polling Case Back to Electoral Tribunal

From Diario Libre · () Spanish

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  • The Dominican Constitutional Court returned a challenge to rules limiting the publication of election polls to the Superior Electoral Tribunal.
  • It said the tribunal should have declared itself incompetent and allowed the parties to pursue the case in the proper jurisdiction.
  • The dispute concerns a provision in the Central Electoral Board's Resolution 14-2026, challenged by Justicia sin Fronteras.

The Constitutional Court has sent back a challenge to restrictions on publishing election polls, rejecting the idea that the Superior Electoral Tribunal could transfer the case simply by forwarding its file.

In ruling TC/0852/26, issued Friday, the court said the Superior Electoral Tribunal should have limited itself to declaring that it lacked jurisdiction. The parties, it said, should then have been left to take the case to the appropriate jurisdiction.

The decision follows the tribunal's own ruling, TSE/0025/2026, dated June 26. In that decision, the tribunal declared itself incompetent to hear the annulment action brought by Justicia sin Fronteras against Article 13 and its paragraphs in Central Electoral Board Resolution 14-2026.

The challenged provision forms part of regulations governing the publication of election polls, though the supplied report ends while describing the broader regulation.

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