The complaint was presented before the highest electoral court of Ecuador, by citizen Manuel Andrés Pasquel Espín. However, it did not meet the requirements when presenting the clarification of the claim requested by the judge who handled the case, Joaquín Viteri Llanga.
According to the archived TCE document, on May 26, Pasquel Espín presented the document with which he clarified and completed his complaint, but the document did not have the sponsorship and signature of a lawyer. This is a “requirement also required in the electoral regulations and a necessary condition to appear,” the ruling indicated before the TCE.
According to Teleamazonas, the TCE also pointed out that this omission fails to comply with the provisions of article 17 of the Procedure Regulations of the Contentious Electoral Court, which establishes that: “All contentious electoral procedures, including consultation, obligatorily require the legal sponsorship of a lawyer.”
Although the opinion states that, Pasquel Espín tried to correct the noted omission by presenting new documentation, on May 28, which had the signature of lawyer Víctor Coffre Morán. However, the petition was not accepted because it was untimely as it was presented outside the deadline set by the TCE judge, Joaquín Viteri Llanga.
