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Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny, faithful to his policy of supporting the island's inhabitants, announced Tuesday that he had paid for an advertisement that called the population not to vote for the Partido Nuevo Progresista (PNP) for the elections on November 5, which startled activists.

Now, the PNP has indirectly gone after Bad Bunny by filing a complaint against the company in charge of the billboards rented by the reggaeton musician. The complaint claims it is not complying with the electoral law.

The argument, filed before the Office of the Electoral Comptroller, explains that the company bMedia Group, owner of the billboards used by Benito Antonio, promoted the propaganda without complying with clear standards, including having omitted who paid for it.

"Said ads do not establish who promotes them, who pays for them, who wants to influence voters in this electoral process, in clear violation of applicable laws," reads the legal document filed by PNP members.

The complaint comes just hours after Bad Bunny announced that he had paid for three billboards where he called on Puerto Rico not to vote for the NPP, with strong messages such as "Voting for the NPP is voting for corruption," "Who votes for the NPP does not love Puerto Rico" or "Voting for the NPP is voting for LUMA (Energy).

Apparently, the complaint did not have the desired impact by the PNP because hours later, instead of being removed, the advertisement was added the message: "Ad paid for by Benito A. Martinez, yoamoapr@gmail.com. It was not authorized by any aspirant, candidate or political party".

Bad Bunny has been raising his voice against the PNP for some time now. In addition to Bad Bunny's participation in the Podcast 'El Tony Pregunta', where he shed several tears talking about the situation in Puerto Rico and also after the release of 'La Velita', in commemoration of the seven years of Hurricane Maria, the author of 'Un Verano Sin Ti' has several days using his X account (formerly Twitter) to promote the punishment vote against the PNP.

Several of the messages, whether repost or written by himself, make reference to the serious political situation in the Commonwealth, which he blames directly on the PNP.

In fact, one of the most impactful denunciations made by Benito Antonio was to promote a news item that assures that there is a "broad scheme of vote theft" in the electoral system of Puerto Rico, which led him to feel the harassment of the political group.

"THE PNP USING ITS POWER TO TRY TO SHUT ME UP. WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH DEMOCRACY?" he wrote on his personal account @sanbenito.

Hours later, Bad Bunny took a screenshot of the news of the alleged voting scheme and reiterated that what should be news was that "scandal" and not the anonymous billboards that a while later he confirmed were born out of his pocket, but not before affirming that the PNP controls the local media.

"THIS SHOULD BE THE SCANDAL OF THE DAY AND THE MAIN TOPIC OF CONVERSATION IN ALL THE MEDIA, NOT THE ANONYMOUS BILLBOARDS.... AHH IT'S TRUE, THAT MOST OF THE MEDIA ARE CONTROLLED BY THE NPP," he said.

Bad Bunny has been one of the artists who has promoted the vote in Puerto Rico for the November elections, inviting to vote specifically to the sector of young people who since they were born have lived under the political bipartisanship of the PNP along with the Popular Democratic Party (PDP).