The Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) confirmed this Wednesday, May 20, the definitive cancellation of the National Advance Party (PAN), after rejecting, in a plenary session, an appeal with which that political group sought to maintain its legal validity.
The decision of the TSE plenary session occurs after the party did not participate with a presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections and did not obtain representation in the Congress of the Republic.
According to official records, the PAN did not nominate a presidential binomial during that electoral process nor did it obtain any seats for the tenth legislature, conditions that, according to article 93 of the Electoral and Political Parties Law (LEPP), constitute grounds for mandatory cancellation.
The regulations establish that political organizations must obtain at least 5% of the valid votes in the presidential election or obtain, at a minimum, a deputation to Congress to retain their legal personality.
By not participating in the presidential race, the PAN was unable to reach the minimum percentage of votes required by law. Furthermore, it did not obtain legislative representation, so it failed to comply with the two conditions established in the LEPP to continue in force.
Documents already notified to the political group indicate that the Citizen Registry carried out the cancellation of the party, which allowed the PAN to present an appeal before the plenary session of TSE magistrates.
However, the appeal was rejected this Wednesday, May 20, thus confirming the definitive cancellation of the political organization.
*Stay up to date with the Now newsletter. Key information at the moment it happens. Subscribe here.