Eliminating small parties

[NewsWhore]

PLD legislator Alejandro Montas says that the next Constitutional reform should eliminate the plethora of small political parties, on the grounds that they add to the culture of clientilism in the political arena. Montas said that while there are exceptions, at election time most of the smaller parties just choose to form alliances with the bigger parties as a way of achieving monetary gain. The electoral law enables parties that do so to maintain their legal status, even if they do not meet the minimum vote count.

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