TSE dismisses and disqualifies Civil Registry official for four years

The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) dismissed the motion for reconsideration filed against the ruling that removed Corina Rostrán Vargas, an official of the Civil Registry, and confirmed her absolute disqualification from holding public office for four years. The decision is contained in resolution No. 9747-E6-2026, issued at 10:30 a.m. on October 27, 2026, within Case File No. 494-2024, and is published in La Gaceta No. 212 of Monday, November 9, 2026, on page 40.

The ruling of the Plenary fully confirms the decision of the Specialized Section No. 7666-E6-SE-2024, issued at 12:30 p.m. on October 18, 2024, and processed under Case File No. 021-D1-SE-2017. Both operative texts are reproduced in the same edition of the official gazette, as ordered by the resolution itself.

Reconsideration rejected and sanction confirmed

The Plenary resolved to “dismiss the motion for reconsideration” and fully confirm the first-instance ruling. Consequently, the order for the dismissal of the official without employer liability is maintained, effective from the notification of the sentence, and the penalty of absolute disqualification from holding public office for a period of four years is ratified.

The Plenary’s resolution was signed by magistrates Eugenia María Zamora Chavarría, Max Alberto Esquivel Faerron, and Héctor Enrique Fernández Masís.

A complaint for political belligerence

The origin of the case is the complaint for political belligerence filed by Luis Antonio Bolaños Bolaños, Director General of the Electoral Registry, against Corina Rostrán Vargas, holder of identity card No. 8-0084-0124 and an official of the electoral bodies.

The Specialized Section upheld that complaint and, consequently, removed the official from the position she held in the General Directorate of the Civil Registry of the TSE, concurrently imposing an absolute disqualification for four years. The 2024 ruling established that both sanctions would take effect upon the sentence becoming final, and warned that a motion for reconsideration could be filed against the resolution within eight days following notification, pursuant to numeral 11 of the Regulations of the Specialized Section, which processes and resolves first-instance contentious-electoral matters of a sanctioning nature.

Notifications and institutional scope

The resolution details a chain of official communications that activate the sanction:

• Direct notification to Corina Rostrán Vargas and Luis Antonio Bolaños Bolaños.
• Communication to the General Directorate of the Civil Registry, the Human Resources Department of the TSE, and the Electoral Inspection.
• Remittance of the resolution and the appealed ruling No. 7666-E6-SE-2024 (folios 545-554) to those same departments.
• Publication in the Official Gazette La Gaceta once the notifications have been carried out.
• Application of subsection e) of article 73 of the Organic Law of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal for the purposes of the Civil Registry.

The text further specifies that the proceedings are processed under the confidentiality protocol governing these types of cases, which is why the edition of the official gazette reproduces only the dispositive parts and not the full reasoning of the judgments.

Impact

The case finalizes an electoral sanction with a double effect—loss of employment and a four-year disqualification—against an official of the electoral apparatus, and sets a precedent on how political belligerence is pursued within the TSE’s own bodies: the complaint was promoted by the Director General of the Electoral Registry and resolved first by the Specialized Section and then by the Plenary, with mandatory communication to Human Resources, the Civil Registry, and the Electoral Inspection so that the disqualification becomes effective in the registry of public offices.

Source: La Gaceta, No. 212 of November 9, 2026, p. 40 (official reference: No. 9747-E6-2026, File No. 494-2024; published together with No. 7666-E6-SE-2024, File No. 021-D1-SE-2017).