The appointment of Franklin Frias as director of informatics was confirmed yesterday by the Central Electoral Board (JCE), the body in charge of organizing the 2004 presidential election. At the same time, the JCE judges appointed engineer Miguel Angel Garcia as general administrator of the informatics department. The decision was made after the follow-up commission, presided over by Monsignor Agripino Nunez, had threatened to cease cooperating with that body. Luis Arias, president of the JCE, said that judges were divided in favor of Frias and appointing Garcia.