Congress files away the Law on Parties

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The National Congress will most probably not deal with a legislative proposal to formalize political parties, reform the Electoral Law, prevent the use of public resources and other violations by the parties during the campaigns. Most observers comment that it is obvious that the parties are not pushing these proposals in order to keep control of this campaign out of the hands of the JCE. According to Loyda Pena of Hoy newspaper, the head of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), Roberto Rosario received a promise from the heads of the two houses of Congress that the law would be passed, but for the time being it appears to have been shelved. The ordinary period of the legislature is coming to a close and the elections are barely five months away, both of which seem to indicate that the proposals will not be approved this term.

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