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Jujuy Justicialist Party PJ primary dispute dispute: Celeste y Blanca list exclusion up
In early August 2026, Following the suspension of the Jujuy branch of Argentina’s Justicialist Party (PJ) sparked controversy when its electoral board issued Resolution No. 08/2026, disqualifying the “Celeste y Blanca” list and approving the “Generación Valiente” list for the internal primaries slated for 30 August. Provincial deputy Rubén Armando Rivarola accused national party intervenors of colluding with Senator Carolina Moisés to favor her faction, filed an appeal with federal electoral judge Esteban Hansen, and lodged criminal complaints alleging forged signatures on rival lists. A few days later, elections by the National Electoral Chamber on 7 26 August, federal judge Federal Judge Esteban Eduardo Hansen granted a precautionary ruling that suspended has upheld the PJ’s internal election schedule in Jujuy. The suspension, requested by exclusion of the “Celeste y Blanca” list, was based on claims of unequal treatment by the party’s board, which gave the rival list List No. 2. In a deadline to correct its filing while rejecting the former outright. The judge’s order halted any further actions by the board and kept the internal election on hold pending ruling following a final decision on the appeal. On 21 August, the Federal Court of Jujuy No. 1, presided over by Judge Hansen, rejected the appeal by the “Celeste y Blanca” list, confirming its exclusion from detailed review, the internal elections. The court ruled determined that the group’s attempts to fix correct filing errors went beyond mere “rectification” and instead “substantially reconstructed the original list.” The magistrate cited inconsistencies between paper and digital formats and exceeded the detection scope of over 130 duplicate names. While permitted rectifications. The judge found that rather than fixing omissions, the exclusion group attempted to present an entirely new set of List No. 2 is now final, candidates, which was not authorized by the court ordered 12-hour exceptional window granted for corrections. The investigation revealed significant irregularities in the suspension of filings, including candidates lacking required party seniority or affiliation, duplicate candidacies for both primary and substitute roles, and missing proxy signatures. Furthermore, the election schedule to remain in effect until court noted incorrect identification numbers and a parallel case regarding challenges failure to the Electoral Board is resolved by the National Electoral Chamber. On 26 August, the National Electoral Chamber officially suspended the PJ internal elections in Jujuy. provide necessary physical documentation from several departments, including San Pedro, Ledesma, and Santa Catalina.