P.R. Laws tit. 16, § 4118
A political party may disqualify an aspirant to a candidacy for elective public office on any of the following grounds:
(1) That the person has failed to meet the requirements for aspirants as established in this subtitle or the regulations for primaries approved by the Commission or by the political party concerned, or in any regulation of the political party to which he/she belongs;
(2) that the person has violated any of the provisions of this subtitle or the “Puerto Rico Political Campaign Financing Oversight Act”, or any of the regulations approved thereunder or of the political party concerned, specifying the violated section, and/or
(3) that the person failed to comply with a constitutional provision.
Section 4117(i) of this title shall apply to disqualified aspirants.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no political party may incorporate a provision ex-post-facto to its regulations in order to consider it as grounds for disqualification.
History —June 1, 2011, No. 78, § 8.008.