The president of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), Julio Cesar Castaños Guzman, said on Friday, 21 February 2020 that the plenary decided to suspend Miguel Angel Garcia, from his role as director of information technology at the electoral institution. The suspension is to facilitate the investigation into the reasons for the electronic glitch that resulted in the aborting of the municipal election on 16 February 2020.
Garcia had been in the position since January 2017. Previously, he had served in the same position from 2003 to 2011.
Castaños Guzmán also announced on Friday, 21 February that the international investigation into the election failures would begin in the next week and would be conducted by the International Foundation of Electoral Systems (IFES) and the Inter-American Union of Electoral Organizations (Uniore).
The JCE IT division will now be the responsibility of its four deputy directors, who will be acting in a collegiate manner.
On Friday, 21 February, the Presidency announced it was requesting the assistance of an Organization of American States (OAS) mission to establish the reasons for the errors in the e-voting system.
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24 February 2020