The preparation of the sectional elections and of the councilors of the Council for Citizen Participation and Social Control (CPCCS) for the period 2023-2027, which will be held on February 5, 2023, officially started in the National Electoral Council (CNE) and the Contentious Electoral Court (TCE).
On the morning of this Saturday, February 5, the plenary session of the Electoral Council installed an extraordinary session to approve the resolution with the declaration of the beginning of the electoral period, to organize the elections of February 2023, in which the mayors, prefects, urban and rural councilors and members of parish councils.
Besides seven members of the Citizen Participation Council, who are elected by popular vote after the 2018 consultation, in which the mechanism for their appointment was reformed.
The resolution determines the approval of the beginning of the electoral period from February 5, 2022, and was approved with the votes of the councilors Enrique Pita, Andrés León, Elena Nájera, Esthela Acero and Diana Atamaint. the counselor Joseph Cabrera He did not attend this plenary, as he is on sick leave.
The electoral and contentious electoral period is declared one year before voting day, a year in which it is also prohibited to approve electoral reforms.
“The new electoral process is underway,” emphasized the president of the Council, Diana Atamaint.
Meanwhile, Vice President Enrique Pita called on citizens and political organizations to be “vigilant” of the process.
“This implies a great institutional challenge and a responsibility with the country,” commented Pita, who said that he will be a critical adviser to guarantee the independence and honesty in the organization of the elections.
Given this first step, it is expected that next Monday the electoral calendar, the Electoral Operational Plan (POE) and the budget will be approved, which would cover around $100 million, according to initial estimates.
The electoral year begins and the political parties and movements regroup internally to define their candidates
In that case, Pita hoped that the budget be drawn up with austerity and efficiency, and that the “affected or disaffected” do not prevent them from working on the preparation of the vote.
According to the eighth provision of the Democracy Code, the electoral period includes “all the activities and operations that are carried out in an orderly manner, for a time within the pre-electoral, electoral and post-electoral stages.”
- The pre-election stage It includes the approval of operating plans, ordinary and electoral budget, updating and closing of the Electoral Registry (padrón) and registration of political organizations.
- The electoral It begins with the call for elections by the CNE and extends until the date of the inauguration of the elected authorities.
- And the post-election stagel Includes all activities subsequent to the possession of authorities, including the report of non-compliance with the presentation of electoral campaign accounts, until the end of the electoral period.
The Code of Democracy also establishes in its article 16 that “no authority foreign to the electoral organization may intervene directly or indirectly in the development of the processes or in the operation of the electoral bodies”.
Citizen Participation Council did not reach consensus to draw for outgoing electoral councilors, before the declaration of the electoral period
A calendar project that is under review by the CNE and the Contentious Electoral Tribunal states that the call for elections for the sectional would be held on August 21, 2022.
The registration of candidates is scheduled to take place between August 22 and September 20.
However, the call to the inscriptions of the candidates for the elections of the members of the Citizen Participation Council would be made on May 31, 2022.
The possession of the elected authorities, after the vote on February 5, 2023, is scheduled for May 14 of next year. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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