He wants an election judge in Pantelhó despite violence

Judge Reyes Rodr guez proposes to the TEPJF that the Chiapas Congress be ordered to call an extraordinary municipal election in Pantelh .

The Court ruled extraordinary elections and called for urgent security measures and community dialogue IVÁN LÓPEZ/PORTAVOZ PHOTO: ALEJANDRO LÓPEZ The demand of Pantelhó has once again knocked on the doors of the Judiciary.In a municipality marked by armed violence and institutional abandonment, the imposition of a council instead of a democratic election ended up exhausting the patience of its inhabitants, who went to the Electoral Tribunal of t…

For decades, the municipality of Pantelhó, Chiapas, has faced a crisis of security and governance, the Electoral Tribunal said.

On February 15, 2015, residents of Pantelhó asked the governor of Chiapas to create conditions of peace in the municipality, and call for extraordinary elections. Photo: Ángeles Mariscal For decades, the municipality of Pantelhó, Chiapas, has faced a crisis of security and governance resulting from territorial disputes, the presence of armed groups, violence, marginalization and poverty: TEPJF The demand of the population of the indigenous munic…