By The Star Staff
A group of candidates for legislative positions from the Popular Democratic Party (PDP) filed a lawsuit on Thursday in the San Juan Court of First Instance against more than a dozen candidates from the Citizen Victory Movement (MVC by its Spanish initials).
The plaintiffs, who include District 22 Rep. Jorge Alfredo Rivera Segarra and Guayama District Sen. Héctor Torres Santiago, argue that the MVC candidates failed to comply with the endorsement collection requirements established by the 2020 Electoral Code.
The complaint, also supported by candidates Yulixa Paredes Albarrán and Jorge Quiles Gordillo, describes as arbitrary the alternative method adopted by the MVC, which was carried out after the deadline established for filing candidacies. According to the plaintiffs, the procedure represents an unequal and discretionary application of the Electoral Code, affecting candidates from other political parties and those with independent candidacies who did follow the legally established process.
The petition, filed by the former mayor of Guayanilla, Nelson Torres Yordán, and political analyst Iván Rivera Reyes, maintains that the MVC and its candidates did not comply with the statutory endorsement process, which could lead to their disqualification from the electoral process.
In response to the legal action, MVC General Coordinator Manuel Natal Albeló defended the party’s position on social media, claiming that they complied with all provisions of the Electoral Code and accusing traditional parties of “acting out of fear and desperation.”