translated from Spanish: Electoral Tribunal challenged re-election of Zolezzi in the Usach

The Regional Electoral Tribunal TER Metropolitan Challenged last year’s elections in which he was re-elected as rector for the period 2018-2022 of the University of Santiago (Usach) The engineer Juan Manuel Zolezzi, who holds that position since 2006. 
The room welcomed the claim of a group of professors per hour and an academic of the staff who were not allowed to cover in the process carried out on July 13 last year. The capital TER considered that the exclusion was “Illegal and arbitrary”. 
The measure would have affected nearly a thousand teachers in this condition, a number considerably larger than the 692 professors, associate professors, assistant professors, emeritus and academics of excellence who were able to vote.
In a second round Zolezzi was imposed last year by 342 votes against the 322 that won Rodrigo Vidal. On that occasion, the Secretary general of the campus and President of the Electoral board, Gustavo Robles, had assured that it was an “exemplary choice, with impeccable performance in all compliance with the rules governing this process.” The Executive vice-president of the Council of Rectors of Chilean universities (Cruch) He expressed himself on that occasion in similar terms.
The university’s legal director, Ángel Jara, announced that they would appeal to the ruling Court of elections, which is the highest body on the subject.
“The university community must bear in mind that this is an unfinished process, so we make a call to wait for the definitive decision. Once delivered, and as always has happened, I guarantee that the university will comply with the legal regulations in force and with the final sentence in this case is dictated, “Jara said in a statement.

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