On Thursday, the Court announced it postponed for September 12 its ruling on the referendum to first analyze voter lists, after it received discrepant data regarding the number of voters from the Interior Ministry. Judges asked the Government to provide by August 31 the updated voter lists based on which the July 29 referendum was organized.
People close to the matter said earlier Friday the Court would convene on August 31 to check the lists.
The impeachment referendum required a voter turnout of more than 50% of eligible voters to be validated. The Central Electoral Bureau announced the voter turnout was 46.24%, of which an overwhelming 87.52% voted to impeach the head of state.
The Interior Ministry said 18,292,514 eligible voters were registered by July 29, when the referendum was held. The governing Social Liberal Union, which had the president suspended for overstepping his powers and called for the referendum, has asked that the number of eligible voters stated by the ministry be corroborated with the findings of the Statistical Institute, which ran a population census last fall, to see if the voter turnout was calculated correctly.