Elections 2026 President of Confiep: “There have been irregularities, but we cannot affirm that there has been fraud” latest

The president of the National Confederation of Private Business Institutions (Confiep), Jorge Zapata Ríos, stated that in the general elections On Sunday, April 12, there was “irregularities” during the process, however, does not qualify it as “fraud”.

“Us we did not find elements as to affirm that there has been an intentional thing or an intention to defraud. There have been irregularities, evidently the product of poor management and we have all seen that, but we cannot affirm that there has been fraud with the elements that we currently have,” he said in the Punto Final program.

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Given the proposal of the National Election Jury (JNE) to carry out an international audit, he said that it is “what is appropriate”, since the process has a “mantle of doubt” and it is necessary to restore citizen confidence in the face of the second round.

“The only thing missing is to put a date on it.because this has to be immediately. This is a auditit is not a design, it is not an implementation, or the development of software,” he highlighted.

Criticism of the ONPE

At another point in the interview, the president of Confiep pointed out that the ONPE should have a “more active” role by holding daily press conferences to clarify the issue of proceedings.

“At least go out every two or three days, explaining each situation that arises in the television or social networksarguing to dismantle this entire narrative of irregularities that is being created and is extremely dangerous,” he stated.

“The biggest irregularity is that the electoral material on time. Now all those minutes that appear with slightly strange numbers (series 900 thousand) should explain them all,” he indicated.