The contest for control of the Jujuy Justicialist Party entered a judicial phase after its Electoral Board deemed the Celeste y Blanca slate headed by Rubén Rivarola “not submitted”. At a press conference, the provincial deputy responded with accusations against Generación Valiente, Senator Carolina Moisés's group, alleging that its slate included endorsements bearing altered signatures. Party leaders made those claims, which have not yet been established as facts.
The exclusion was based on Resolution 8, which found what it described as incurable errors in Celeste y Blanca's documents. Facundo Figueroa, a lawyer assisting the slate's representative, argued that the decision was political rather than legal and had been taken prematurely. The measure has been appealed to electoral judge Esteban Hansen, who must review whether the Board had authority to discard the filing at that stage of the calendar.
The injunction also challenges the impartiality of those running the internal process. Figueroa alleged a friendship and business relationship between the court-appointed administrator and one of Moisés's sisters, and said people employed by the senator worked within the Board. These claims form part of the appeal and must be assessed by the court; on their own, they neither invalidate the resolution nor prove improper intervention.
Rivarola connected the dispute to failed negotiations for a unity slate. He said he had met Moisés and Guillermo Jenefes and that tensions deepened when the possibility of the senator presiding over the provincial party was rejected. According to his account, Moisés then warned that she would bring down every rival slate. The senator had previously offered a different account, saying she gave up her aspiration in an effort to facilitate agreement.
The deputy said Celeste y Blanca submitted more than 10,000 endorsements when 5,200 were required. Reviewing Generación Valiente's documents, he claimed to have identified more than fifty people who denied signing, copied signatures and supporters whose residence allegedly failed to meet the requirement. He said complaints for suspected forgery were being filed in federal court, which is the venue that must establish authenticity and any individual responsibility.
Rivarola ended the conference with political attacks on Moisés's record in the Senate and a promise to compete in the 30 August primary. The calendar now depends on two separate decisions: judicial review of Celeste y Blanca's exclusion and progress in the complaints over Generación Valiente's endorsements. Until those proceedings produce rulings, both camps are maintaining cross-accusations without a final decision on which slates will be allowed to run.
