NewsWhore
06-22-2009, 07:50 PM
In the congressional and municipal elections scheduled for 16 May 2010, 3,391 positions are up for grabs.
This includes 178 deputies, 32 senators, 155 mayors and their replacements, 963 councilors and their replacements, 229 municipal district directors and three members. In addition, it also includes, 22 Latin American Parliament (Parlacen) deputies, and possibly seven overseas legislators.
Officials elected in the 2010 elections will remain in their posts for six years, in accordance with a modification under way to the Constitution aimed at unifying the presidential and congressional/municipal elections.
Central Electoral Board (JCE) member Eddy Olivares, called for a commitment by politicians to prevent drug trafficking and corruption money from deciding who the elected officers will be in 2010, as reported in Hoy. Olivares was speaking on Aeromundo, a Channel 9 Colorvision program.
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This includes 178 deputies, 32 senators, 155 mayors and their replacements, 963 councilors and their replacements, 229 municipal district directors and three members. In addition, it also includes, 22 Latin American Parliament (Parlacen) deputies, and possibly seven overseas legislators.
Officials elected in the 2010 elections will remain in their posts for six years, in accordance with a modification under way to the Constitution aimed at unifying the presidential and congressional/municipal elections.
Central Electoral Board (JCE) member Eddy Olivares, called for a commitment by politicians to prevent drug trafficking and corruption money from deciding who the elected officers will be in 2010, as reported in Hoy. Olivares was speaking on Aeromundo, a Channel 9 Colorvision program.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#7)