Bordaberry proposes to shorten the electoral cycle: inmates in August and president assuming in February

Senator Pedro Bordaberry presented a bill to reform the electoral calendar with the aim of reducing the duration of the process and speeding up the transition of government. Among the main changes proposed, he proposes that the internal elections of the political parties be held on the last Sunday of August, instead of June as is currently the case. Bordaberry maintains that the current schedule generates a “democratic fatigue”, discourages citi…