The report of the Technical Directorate of Congress on the telematic vote of the PP deputy Alberto Casero, who saved the labor reform by supporting it by mistake, has concluded that no computer error occurred nor any incident during the voting process last Thursday.
At reportprepared by the legal services of the Congress and the Technology Directorate of the Chamberthere is no record in the technical direction of “any incident” on the vote during this day, in which telematic voting was enabled from 5:20 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
“Mr. Casero’s vote was validly issued“, states the report. It also makes it clear that there are no legal or regulatory reasons for Casero to have “a second chance” to vote. The statement is resounding: it is observed “Without any type of doubts” that in the vote to validate the decree of the labor reform the option marked on the screen is yes.
hardware error
Casero logs in to the application to vote at 5:39 p.m., when the 28 voting points on the agenda are shown, of which 20 are available for voting until 6:00 p.m. remaining have already been previously voted. After you cast your votea summary appears on the screen with the vote issued, a button to confirm it and another to cancel it, return to the sessions and restart the process.
The report details that at 5:46 p.m. the proof of Casero’s vote is issued. Thus, the report concludes that what happened is due to “to a material error of the deputy that the vote cast did not coincide with what was their will”. “The vote cast, whether in person or electronically is irrevocable.”
The PP appeals the vote before the Constitutional
Despite this, the Popular Party and Alberto Casero have presented their respective amparo appeals before the Constitutional Courtbecause they consider the issue of voting a “democratic outrage”according to the spokesperson for the PP in Congress, Cuca Gamarra.
Despite the resolution of the Technical Directorate of Congress, the PP has taken the step shortly before knowing the report issued this Friday, which qualifies the landlord’s vote as “irrevocable“. Gamarra believes that the report will not detract from the legal foundation of the resources presented.
Gamarra has explained that Casero warned “previously” of the error in the telematic vote and that there was “capacity” for the deputy to vote in person. “What is clear is that the right of a deputy was violated to effectively exercise the vote he wanted to cast” and “it was ignoring your warning and that of the popular group”, explained the spokeswoman.