2025-12-26

CEP accuses CPT of adding UN sanctions candidacy restrictions without electoral body consent CPT unilaterally added 10 Departmental Vote Tabulation Offices to Electoral Decree infrastructure First amendment effectively disqualifies UN sanctioned business elites and former officials from candidacy Second amendment suggests CPT attempting to control departmental vote counting mechanisms CEP has no enforcement mechanism beyond public denunciation and appeals to international legitimacy Conflict exposes fundamental question whether CPT can unilaterally extend February 7 2026 mandate