Sunland Park is without a mayor again, according to a spokesperson from the N.M. Attorney General's office.

"It's our position that the open meetings act violation is that the action they took would be null and void so I guess the short answer is no they don't have a mayor," spokesperson Phil Sisneros told KFOX14.

This decision comes just five days after Javier Perea was sworn in as mayor in Sunland Park, which the state now said doesn't count.

"This moment we don't have a mayor," Mayor Pro-Tem Isabel Santos said. "I don't want to have more mistakes again."

The mistake the city made, according to the attorney general's office, is that it didn't allow everyone who wanted to attend the meeting inside because only 185 people could fit in the senior center and more than 200 people showed up.

That's after canceling the first meeting two weeks ago where they only fit 50 people.

But former mayoral candidate Gerardo Hernandez said this may all be in vain.

Hernandez is still in the process of having a judge look at his appeal of the election results.

"There was fraud in the elections and let's go on with this," Hernandez said.

Hernandez argued that former mayor-elect Daniel Salinas won the election thanks to fraudulent votes and said he should've won the seat.

Salinas later lost his chance to be sworn in because he was banned from city property after three separate arrests.

Hernandez said City Council should wait to see the results of his appeal before taking back an appointment again.

"The city is not in such conditions to be paying two mayors," Hernandez said.

Santos said that the city has not yet decided on when a new meeting will be held and said that City Council is meeting with the city attorney Monday to come up with a new plan.