President negates electronic voting for 2014

Gerardo Solis, The presiding judge of the Electoral Tribunal (TE), confirmed Sunday, October 28, that President, Ricardo Martinelli, and Democratic Change Party(CD) do not want the implementation of electronic voting during the 2014 elections.

The Solis statements came when he visited with two international observers, the voting to choose a representative in the Tonosí district, where electronic voting was implemented.. 

Asked by La Prensa if electronic voting will be implemented elsewhere, Solis said that to introduce electronic voting “we must first have the consent and agreement of the actors such as parties politicians and society ". "Right now we can say that the president, Ricardo Martinelli, said neither he nor the CD wants electronic voting in the 2014 elections, so the TE will not force the issue.”