NewsWhore
05-20-2008, 05:10 PM
The Central Electoral Board (JCE) is being commended for its role in the 16 May presidential elections. The Institutionalism and Justice Foundation (FINJUS) has congratulated the JCE for its efficiency. FINJUS vice president, Servio Tulio Castanos Guzman, quoted in Hoy, said that all the mechanisms put in place to ensure electoral transparency had worked efficiently. Castanos also said that although the parties didn't always live up to expectations, their behavior during the voting process was acceptable.
The Finjus vice president was however critical of the parties expenditure on publicity in the 2008 election, saying that it was excessive and that it generated "true visual and auditory pollution", as reported in El Caribe. He called on civil society and citizens in general to contribute towards identifying mechanisms aimed at controlling campaign spending by the parties, clientelism, preventing the use of government funds for the campaign, and improving the legal framework of political organizations. He said that the Electoral Law needed to be modified to allow for exit polls by approved local organizations. He also called for regulating and limiting pre-electoral campaigning, including the primaries and the eventual campaigns.
State university, UASD dean Franklin Garcia Fermin also congratulated the JCE and the Electoral Police for their performance during the election. Fermin did point out that electoral laws in the DR have to be reformed, because they currently allow never-ending political campaigning. The Council of Latin American Electoral Experts (CEELA) and the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN) said that the elections had met with international standards of transparency.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#11)
The Finjus vice president was however critical of the parties expenditure on publicity in the 2008 election, saying that it was excessive and that it generated "true visual and auditory pollution", as reported in El Caribe. He called on civil society and citizens in general to contribute towards identifying mechanisms aimed at controlling campaign spending by the parties, clientelism, preventing the use of government funds for the campaign, and improving the legal framework of political organizations. He said that the Electoral Law needed to be modified to allow for exit polls by approved local organizations. He also called for regulating and limiting pre-electoral campaigning, including the primaries and the eventual campaigns.
State university, UASD dean Franklin Garcia Fermin also congratulated the JCE and the Electoral Police for their performance during the election. Fermin did point out that electoral laws in the DR have to be reformed, because they currently allow never-ending political campaigning. The Council of Latin American Electoral Experts (CEELA) and the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN) said that the elections had met with international standards of transparency.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#11)