The Government assured that It still does not rule out including the project to delete Primary, Open, Simultaneous and Mandatory elections (PASSED) in case of calling extraordinary sessions of Congress. The announcement was made by the presidential spokesperson, Manuel Adorniwho stated: “We will see if this is dealt with in extraordinary cases or not. It is an issue that also remains to be defined.”
Furthermore, Adorni assured that the organization of the PASO costs Argentines “US$150 million dollars“. The spokesperson’s announcement adds to the analysis made by the Chief of Staff, Guillermo Francos, who assured that “it would be essential that we be able to eliminate them definitively, if there was an agreement in extraordinary sessions or at the beginning of the ordinary period, to save Argentines time, inconvenience and money“.
The Government does not rule out eliminating the PASO in extraordinary sessions
The Government’s intention to eliminate PASO – in the midst of discussions regarding an agreement with the PRO in view of the 2025 legislative elections – remains in force. During his daily press conference, Adorni confirmed that, if there are extraordinary ones, It is a possibility that the ruling party includes the project to remove this electoral instance.
“There is an underlying issue: making Argentines spend US$150 million dollars“At a round number of $150 billion pesos, it is absolutely unnecessary to us.” The official added that, in addition to the expense, they must be eliminated since “These are issues that the parties themselves have to resolve.“.
In this sense, Adorni elaborated: “Beyond the economic, It’s a pain to have people spend part of an extra Sunday, Apart from putting up with all the questions about the candidates, political propaganda, it seems that you live an entire year immersed in an electoral contest. “It seems to us that it is absolutely unnecessary.”
Adorni’s statements add to those made by Francos just two days ago, when the Chief of Staff stated: “Since 2011, the date they came into force, they have only been a economic cost for the State and a nuisance for all citizens, who have had to vote in Simultaneous and Mandatory Open Primaries (PASO) to solve the problems that politicians have not known how to solve it in their own parties”.
Along these lines, some districts anticipated and took firm steps to annul the PASO. Such is the case of Salta, which eliminated this electoral instance with the endorsement of both chambers of its Legislature.
Districts advance in the elimination of PASO
Governor Gustavo Sáenz signed decree 689 by which he called for provincial elections to on May 4, 2025, as Ámbito had anticipated. Sáenz’s initiative in relation to the PASO achieved an overwhelming majority, since on the 60 members in Deputies, only four expressed themselves against: of the Peronist Mirta Millerthe radical Soledad Farfanas well as Jorge Restom and Isabel Devitafrom the All block.
For her part, the ruling party Socorro Villamayor defended the measure by remembering that the project had the support of the Executive poweramong other arguments. “Former governor Juan Manuel Urtubey adopted the system to achieve greater citizen participation in electoral processes But time demonstrated the ineffectiveness of the PASO, because in the four elections in which it was used, the participation of political parties did not exceed 20%“, held.
For his part, in the City, Jorge Macri will move forward with the signing of a decree to unfold and advance the elections in the City of Buenos Aires, they assured this medium from the Uspallata headquarters. In addition, it will call extraordinary sessions to suspend the PASO.
In this way, the Buenos Aires administration seeks strengthen the competitiveness of the PRO and avoid the transfer of national votes to the local libertarian troops. Thus, the battle for composition of the capital Legislature and, due to a transitive nature, the future of local management will begin to be played out earlier than expected. It happens that in the next few days, as Ámbito learned, Macri will order the separation of the call to the polls in Buenos Aires territory to get away from the national elections.
Source: Ambito
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