The Legislature of Formosa approved this Thursday in an express procedure the constitutional reform bill pushed by the governor Gildo Insfran.
The bill sent by the provincial Executive garnered 20 votes in favor and 10 negative, after a debate in which there were hard disagreements between the ruling parties and sectors opposed to the Peronist administration.
In the session, which began after 6 p.m. and lasted more than three hours, The Honorable Legislature approved the bill to reform the Provincial Constitution with a two-thirds positive vote of those present in the room.
In this way, Governor Insfrán must call elections, within the next 12 months, so that citizens can elect the 30 conventional constituents who will discuss and vote on the modifications to the provincial Magna Carta.
The Magna Carta would enable the governor to go for a new mandate after the sanction of the modifications.
Constitutional reform in Formosa
On the contrary, from the northern province they highlighted that the central objective of the reform is “update the Magna Carta and adapt it to the current needs of Formosa society.”
“It seeks to expand citizens’ rights, strengthen institutions and promote greater citizen participation in decision-making,” points out the document prepared by the Formosa ruling party.
They also indicated that among the main aspects of the constitutional reform are “the expansion of rights” and the modernization of “the government structure to improve efficiency and the balance of powers and would ensure greater citizen participation with mechanisms that allow citizens to participate more actively in political life.
At the same time, the text says: “The importance of receiving with constitutional hierarchy the rights of the community to water and energy is noted, not only in its essential aspect of public services to meet the needs of the population, but also in its strategic function for the integral development of the province”.
In particular, the project refers to “fourth generation rights”, which ““they expand the guarantees of digital inclusion and access to information technologies within the framework of the knowledge society and the new opportunities offered by scientific and technological development.”
Source: Ambito
