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NewsWhore
07-04-2007, 06:50 PM
The recent announcements made by the Central Electoral Board (JCE) regarding the rules and regulations that will govern elections and the financing of the political parties have apparently unearthed some serious disagreements within the board itself. Chief magistrate Julio Cesar Castanos Guzman told Hoy newspaper that the magistrates of the board have not, themselves, come to any agreement on several matters that have been submitted to the full board by the administrative section. Castaoos Guzman said the lack of a consensus is because the regulations have not been put on the agenda to be examined by the full board. Castaoos told the reporters that it was not enough for the new rules to fulfill the constitutional mandate (Art. 92) whereby the JCE is entrusted with the direction of presidential, congressional and municipal elections.

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