Law on independent candidates finds support in Congress and threats of impeachment

The bill drafted by the Central Electoral Board (JCE) to regulate independent candidacies could have a quick and easy path to approval in the National Congress given the consensus among political parties on the matter. But the cycle could repeat itself, and the law could be challenged again in the Constitutional Court (TC). Alberto Emilio Fiallo-Billini warned that he would file an objection before the TC as soon as the proposal drafted by the J…