Bolivia to Begin Electoral Reform Process on Wednesday
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- Bolivia’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal and nine departmental tribunals will meet in Cochabamba on Wednesday to formally start electoral reform.
- TSE President Gustavo Ávila called for responsibility, plural dialogue and a long-term view in revising the electoral system.
- Further consultations will involve political organizations, journalists, Indigenous campesino peoples and civil society groups.
Bolivia’s electoral authorities will meet in Cochabamba on Wednesday to formally open the country’s electoral reform process.
The meeting will bring together the Supreme Electoral Tribunal and the nine departmental electoral tribunals. TSE President Gustavo Ávila said the reform should be handled with responsibility, broad dialogue and a focus on future generations.
We will meet to formally and institutionally begin the electoral reform process.
Ávila said the authorities want to improve electoral laws, strengthen democracy and make elections more transparent, efficient and reliable. In the coming weeks, the consultation will expand to political organizations, journalists, Indigenous campesino peoples and civil society groups.
We have a commitment to Bolivia: to improve our electoral laws, strengthen democracy and guarantee increasingly transparent, efficient and reliable electoral processes.
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Originally published by El Deber in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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