After opposition political parties desisted from joining the ruling political party for discussions of constitutional reforms or political party issues in the Social and Economic Council (CES) round table, the Central Electoral Board (JCE) has decided to go the regular institutional way. On Tuesday, 5 April a bill was presented to reform the Political Parties, Groupings and Movements Law 33-18 and the Electoral Regime Law 15-19. The draft legislature was introduced to Congress through the Senate. The government party is majority in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.
In the explanatory note to the Senate, the president of the JCE, Román Jáquez Liranzo requested the Senate convene a bi-chamber committee for the study and analysis of both initiatives simultaneously by the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. He explained the initiative updates the regulatory framework that governs the electoral system. Jáquez Liranzo said the JCE will continue to participate in the discussions on electoral reform carried out through the CES platform.
Jáquez Liranzo has expressed his concern that there is little time left to make the necessary amendments to the electoral regulations in time for the organization of the 2024 presidential, municipal and legislative elections. Several articles of these laws have already been declared in violation of the Constitution by the Constitutional Court.
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El Caribe
6 April 2022