As of noon (12:00) this Friday, February 3, the sale, distribution or consumption of alcoholic beverages will not be allowed until noon on Monday, February 6, 2023.
It is what is called dry law and is established in order for citizens to consciously exercise their right to vote in the sectional elections, of members of the Council for Citizen Participation and Social Control (CPCCS) and the referendum of this February 5th.
The Democracy Code establishes that 36 hours before the elections the sale, distribution or consumption of alcoholic beverages will not be allowed and that the provision will end twelve hours after the electoral process.
The legal framework establishes sanctions for those who violate the so-called dry law. Anyone who sells or consumes alcoholic beverages on the days it is in force must pay a penalty of $225, that is, 50% of a unified basic monthly salary.
The art. 291 of the Code of Democracy also indicates that a fine equivalent to 50% of a unified basic monthly remuneration will be sanctioned “to anyone who enters the electoral precinct or shows up to vote while intoxicated.”
Likewise, whoever causes any alteration or disturbance in the development of voting, inside or outside the electoral precincts and whoever shows up to vote carrying weapons.
In the case of carrying weapons without permission, in addition to the sanction imposed, the offender will be placed at the disposal of the State Attorney General’s Office for the consequent legal purposes, the norm indicates.
Those who are in a state of drunkenness on public roads can be apprehended by the National Police. If they carry out excesses, they can be accused and punished with prison for the crime of public scandal.
Since when has the electoral silence been in force?
The electoral campaign began on January 3, 2023 and ends this Thursday, February 2, 2023.
Forty-eight hours before the day of the elections (that is, from Friday, February 3) and until 5:00 p.m. on the day of the vote (Sunday, February 5), the dissemination of any type of information ordered by the institutions is prohibited. public, as well as the diffusion of electoral publicity, opinions or images, that induce voters about a position or electoral preference.
Whoever makes propaganda on the days when it is prohibited (electoral silence) must pay 225 dollars as a penalty. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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