These are proposals that presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni had announced. It proposes a series of changes in the internal life of political parties and raises the bar of demands for their existence, among other points. What is modified and how does it impact the elections?
As the presidential spokesperson had anticipated Manuel Adornithe Government will send to the National Congress in the next few hours two bills to eliminate Open, Simultaneous and Mandatory Primary elections (PASO) and modify the Organic Law of Political Parties and the party financing system.
Adorni announced on Friday, November 15, the sending of both electoral reform regulations and the regulation of political parties. In particular, he emphasized the need to eliminate PASO because “they have functioned as a million-dollar survey serving only politics and to the detriment of the economy and the time of Argentines.”
“Argentine society practically lives in a constant electoral campaign. “This, far from generating a higher level of participation, the only thing it has caused is fatigue and boredom on the part of Argentines,” said the presidential spokesperson.
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Changes in political financing
The bill that the Government will send also proposes changes in the financing of political parties. Regarding this last point, the project that they will send to Planet, among other points, increase the limits on private contributions, eliminate electoral advertising spaces that by law they had to give up the media and eliminate public financing for campaigns.
This does not mean that the State would stop providing contributions to political parties, but rather that it would reduce the amounts. As Adorni explained, it will remain a single contribution per year proportional to the electoral results is in force.
In addition to eliminating the PASO, the Government proposes to modify the organic law of political parties and their financing.
The new requirements for political parties
Regarding the reform of the functioning of political parties, the Government proposes to raise the requirements for their existence with the aim of “strengthening their representativeness and avoiding the famous ‘rubber stamps’, political parties whose only objective is collecting revenue,” he stated. Adorni. The requirements are:
- Count on a minimum of 0.5% of members on the electoral rollbefore it was 0.4%.
- Have the minimum floor of 3% of the votes in two consecutive elections.
- National parties must have presence in at least ten districts. Today there are five.
In addition, it was announced that a digital platform will be created to manage and revalidate memberships. If the law is approved, Political parties will have a deadline to adapt to this new regulation until 2026.
Source: Ambito
