Parties reject JCE rules

[NewsWhore]

The three main political parties in the Dominican Republic have rejected the set of rules that were proposed by the Central Electoral Board (JCE) as parameters for the May 2008 elections. The parties accused the JCE of overstepping its legal job description, designing a set of rules that, according to the parties, violate both the Constitution and Electoral Law. The PLD and the PRD warned the election tribunal that most of the controversial proposals modified the electoral law, but the law itself only allows for complementing the law. The PRSC pointed out the aspects of the regulations that it considers to be at odds with the Constitution, particularly those dealing with the beginning and end of the campaigns themselves, the right to correct mistakes and the rules on public meetings.

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