He Wide Front will report to the Electoral Court to the presidential candidate of National Party, Álvaro Delgado, for an almost 5-minute spot broadcast on prime time television, where he promotes his government plan.
At a time when a new law of election advertising, The FA announced that it will file the presentation this Thursday considering that Delgado’s video, where the candidate details his proposal for a “second floor of transformations” for Uruguay, violates the electoral ban.
The audiovisual piece had already been questioned by the Frente Amplista president, Fernando Pereira, who at a press conference considered that “it violates the electoral law” and questioned: “Where do so many resources come from? Who finances it?”
Meanwhile, the FA senator, José Carlos Mahía, He added, via X: “Notify Alvaro Delgado who placed a 5-minute ad on open television. It’s a matter of having money, not of following the law. At least for some.”
The view of the Electoral Court
Prior to the complaint, the Minister of the Electoral Court, José Garchitorena, He pointed out that the authority acts “on the basis of a complaint”, so he promised to analyze it when there is a judicial presentation.
According to Telemundo, Garchitorena revealed that “for inmates it can be done in the previous 30 days” and warned that “the law establishes what is meant by electoral advertising and establishes exception, for example, so that parties can promote their party political events”.
In any case, the Minister of the Electoral Court clarified that failure to comply with the norm does not foresee sanctions. “The ruling is simply whether or not the current law was violated. “It remains a moral sanction,” she said.
Although he warned that the length of the video would not be problematic, he referred to the use of the image of Luis Lacalle Pou, regarding possible interference in the campaign. “The Constitution “It prohibits the president from using his image for electoral advertising,” he said.
The defense of the National Party
Meanwhile, since National Party They assured that the spot complies with the law because it falls within article 2, which excludes “the dissemination of information about political events and usual activities of the functioning of the parties,” arguing that the video was an invitation to learn about the program. Delgado government facing the elections 2024.
A month and a half after the inmates, the person who came out to the intersection of the spot was Town meeting, whose leader, Guido Manini Ríos, He criticized “the almost obscene display of certain political currents or sectors, which are demonstrating economic power and resources that seem almost infinite.”
Source: Ambito
