US EditionMilei Moves to Eliminate PASO Primaries in Election Reform Push
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The government of Javier Milei (La Libertad Avanza) sent to Congress a draft electoral reform that, among other points, eliminates the primary elections
It proposes the definitive elimination of the open, simultaneous and mandatory primaries PORTAVOZ/AGENCIAS The government of the president of Argentina, the ultra-right Javier Milei, sent to Parliament this Wednesday a draft law on electoral reform, which provides, among other changes, the elimination of the primary elections. According to the President's Office in a statement, the initiative “is aimed at correcting a flawed system of roots so t…
The government's project to eliminate the Open, Simultaneous and Compulsory Primary Schools (PASO) generated a strong impact on the political scene, especially within Congress, where the Justice Party (PJ) began to weave agreements with different blocs to gather the necessary votes to sustain the PASS. The proposal for electoral reform presented in Congress received little approval from the...
The Executive coordinates parliamentary progress as operators and referents of the bloc seek to secure key support in the midst of opposition questioning. Read more
President Javier Milei's announcement on April 21st was neither a technical gesture nor an administrative adjustment. Javier Milei's government decided to move forward with an electoral reform that eliminates the primaries, cuts public funding, tightens the conditions for parties to survive, and incorporates new rules on how voting takes place and how money circulates in politics. On the surface, the argument is familiar: reduce spending and end…
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