The vote, initially scheduled for yesterday, was postponed to this Wednesday due to a correction that was introduced in the modified text being voted on in the Senate.
The initiative, which will be approved with votes from the ruling party and the opposition, establishes parameters for a fundamental aspect in the electoral context: the electoral propaganda.
He National Party (PN) and the Colorado Party (PC) They gave in last week and gave the Broad Front (FA) and Open Town Hall (CA) part of what they demanded: electoral advertising will be free and television channels (open or cable) must give a 13-minute slot to slogans with parliamentary representation or that have reached more than 2% of the votes in the internal elections. previous.
These minutes will be distributed during the campaign as follows: five minutes at the beginning of the campaign, three minutes in the middle of the process and five minutes at the end. For the runoff, there will be 7.5 minutes for each presidential pair competing in the runoff. Basically, an equal floor of media appearance is established for political parties.
How will political parties be financed with the new law?
One of the most notable modifications in the financing accessed by political parties for electoral participation is a differential income of funds according to the number of women that make up the lists.
The measure, which has been rejected by Cabildo Abierto, establishes that the money transferred to parties whose lists are led by women will be 15% higher than what was stipulated in 2009, 20% higher if the list was proclaimed by the Electoral Court and 10% for each woman who holds a position proclaimed by the electoral authority.
The standard establishes regulations for contributions to electoral campaigns. Contributions that exceed 21,000 indexed units (UI), that is, about 126,777 pesos, must be made by electronic transfer. All contributions must be deposited in a bank account specially opened for this purpose.
The new standard provides donation limits According to the type of candidate: candidate for the Presidency and vice presidency will have a limit of 1,200,000 UI ($ 7,244,400). Parties and/or lists may not exceed 300,000 UI in nominative donations, while anonymous contributions will have a maximum of 4,000 UI ($24,148)
The new one political financing law maintains the amount of 13 indexed units for each valid vote for mayor for the contributions made by the State in the departmental elections – next year that will be the electoral race – but it empowers the executive to increase that value up to 35 UI. This means an increase of 269%, going from 78.48 pesos to 211.29 pesos at the current exchange rate. For each valid vote cast to the list of municipal candidates, the State will also pay another 13 UI ($78.48).
Source: Ambito
