The opposition Reformist party’s executive committee has suspended Jacinto Peynado and other leading members, “depriving them of all rights” as penalty for their violation of Article 123 of PRSC party statutes. Jacinto Peynado, Carlos Morales Troncoso, Angel Lockward, Leonardo Matos Berrido, Humberto Salazar and Hector Rodriguez Pimentel will face a disciplinary tribunal for challenging the legitimacy of the PRSC’s Presidential candidate Eduardo Estrella, who they claim to was elected fraudulently. The Peynado camp had called a national assembly of party members for 16 November, excluding those on the executive committee who support Estrella’s candidacy. Federico “Quique” Antun Batlle – a former ally of defeated pre-Presidential candidate Jacinto Peynado – was not included on the list of suspended members, presumably a result of his recent overtures in favor of Estrella’s candidacy. Peynado was scathing in his reaction to the suspension, saying, “None of those individuals has the capacity, the morals or the scruples to talk about suspension.” Peynado said further that their stance was not supported by the party mass membership.