Legislators for the Social Christian Reformist Party (PRSC) have re-introduced the laws that are supposed to cover everything related to elections and political parties and groups. Maximo Castro Silverio (PRSC-Santiago) the party spokesperson in the Chamber of Deputies and Ramon Rogelio Genao, the secretary general of the party explained to reporters that given the refusal of the Central Electoral Board (JCE) to re-introduce the bill, the PRSC felt that it was their civic duty to do so. They stressed that in 2002 the PRSC was the first party to suggest the changes to the Elections Law and proposed the drafting of a Bill for Political Parties and they have defended these legislative initiatives ever since.
Castro Silverio reiterated the fact that the PRSC proposal includes a meeting with President Danilo Medina and other political leaders together with the JCE and the Superior Electoral Tribunal (TSE) as well as leaders of the civil society as a way to get this legislation passed in the next session that begins after 27 February. He told reporters: “Without a new law there should not even be elections in 2020, as suggested by director for Latin America and the Caribbean of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) Daniel Zovatto, since the country and the process will still be suffering from the same electoral process deficiencies as always….”
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El Dia
18 January 2018
