Electoral Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice Begins Examination of Electoral Material From the CNE

Supreme Court of Venezuela, Aug 2024 Photo: @TSJ_Venezuela

August 15, 2024 Hour: 10:51 pm

After completion of this expert review process, a final judgment will be issued on the electoral litigation appeal.

The president of the Electoral Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), Caryslia Rodríguez Rodríguez, reported on Thursday that the National Electoral Council began to examine the electoral material used in the presidential elections held on July 28.

In stating that they ordered “an expert examination of all the electoral material of probative value recorded in physical and/or digital form relating to the presidential election process held on 28 July”, the judge said that the “this electoral chamber shall supervise and control the process of examining the material available to this judicial body and in the custody of the National Electoral Council”.

“This expertise is being carried out by a group of electoral experts with the highest national and international technical and scientific standards, guaranteeing the highest level of legal technical excellence which will be done directly, daily throughout the process”, said Caryslia Rodríguez Rodríguez.

The Court also stated that “during the course of the expert examination carried out by experts in the field, this electoral chamber, in accordance with articles 7, 12 and 14 of the Code of Civil Procedure, applicable to the present case by express reference to article 98 of the Organic Law of the Supreme Court of Justice, in use of its wider powers of investigation in the search for truth and justice”.

After “completion of this process of expertise in the peremptory time previously established by the Electoral Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice, with these objective facts, verified and certified will be issued a final judgment on this electoral litigation”, the Tribunal insisted.

The Supreme Court of Justice of Venezuela reiterated its commitment and willingness to the Venezuelan people to impart justice “so that nothing will stop us in our sacred mission”.