### TEPJF Reverses Ruling and Restores Positions to Altamirano and Atienzo
After reviewing appeals, the Plenary Session of the Guadalajara Regional Hall of the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary (TEPJF) decided to return the proportional representation councilor positions in the municipalities of La Paz and Los Cabos to Jorge Altamirano of Movimiento Ciudadano (MC) and Celestino Atienzo of Partido Acción Nacional (PAN). This decision reverses an earlier ruling by the State Electoral Tribunal of Baja California Sur (TEEBCS) that had reassigned these positions to Isabel Moreno of MC and Verónica Guerrero of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI), citing gender equity in councils.
### Key Points of the Reversal
1. **Jorge Altamirano’s Case**:
– Altamirano had initially filed a complaint against the TEEBCS decision.
– The Guadalajara Regional Hall found his grievances valid and sufficient to overturn the impugned sentence.
– The TEEBCS was deemed to have improperly revoked Altamirano’s council position in the 18th Municipality of La Paz, with inappropriate justifications and external inconsistencies.
– The local body’s decision to adjust gender parity in the council was unnecessary as the natural composition already included eight women and seven men.
2. **Celestino Atienzo’s Case**:
– Atienzo’s Citizen Lawsuit contested the loss of his council seat in the 15th Municipality of Los Cabos.
– The Guadalajara Regional Hall found that the TEEBCS’s decision lacked legal grounding and improper justification.
– Reversal of the ruling reinstated Atienzo’s proportionally represented council seat, ensuring adherence to legal principles and proper normative standards.
The state electoral body’s improper adjustments concerning gender parity and legal principles led to the return of the disputed council positions to their initial holders. Altamirano and Atienzo will now reassume their roles as councilors in their respective municipalities starting in September.
### Additional News on the Topic:
**Electoral Tribunal Reinstates Council Positions in Baja California Sur**
**Guadalajara Plenary Overrides Local Electoral Decision in Gender Parity Dispute**
The TEPJF’s Guadalajara Regional Hall recently decided to restore the proportional representation councilor positions to original candidates Jorge Altamirano and Celestino Atienzo. This overturns an earlier resolution by the TEEBCS due to findings of improper justification and external inconsistencies in their ruling.
The cases highlight the ongoing challenges and complexities in maintaining gender parity within municipal councils while adhering to proper legal standards. Both councilors previously lost their positions due to a local ruling aiming to adjust the gender balance in councils that were later found to naturally satisfy gender parity requirements.
In both instances, the TEPJF confirmed that the TEEBCS’s adjustments were unwarranted and legally flawed, emphasizing that council compositions that naturally meet gender parity need no further adjustment, thereby reinstating the rightful council positions to Altamirano and Atienzo.