TEGUCIGALPA.
the National Electoral Council (CNE) gave free rein so that from today the candidates for popular election positions of the three parties that will participate in the primary elections can campaign politically and open publicity in the face of the elections of March 14; however, various sectors of society advocated a clean, unassailing and proactive day.
From this Saturday, January 23rd, until next March 9th, the aspirants of the 14 political movements of the National, Liberal and Freedom and Refoundation (Free) parties will be able to publicize their proposals to attract the sympathy of their co-religionists.
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L1,416 million for elections The National Electoral Council (CNE) has a budget of 1,416,000 lempiras for the elections, said yesterday the Deputy Minister of Finance, Roxana Rodríguez. |
Maximino German Llop, Deputy Director of the National Electoral Council (CNE), reported that with the start of the period of political propaganda, the timetable and the Electoral Lawl, which states that propaganda must begin 50 days before the primaries.
“With this, all movements will be able to make use of all advertising tools to seek the intention to vote, and when we talk about these tools we are talking about television, radio, press, billboards and all those legally allowed,” he explained. .
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data 544 Millions of lempiras. It is the ceiling that the candidates of the presidential formula have available to spend in their campaign. 25,900 ballot boxes. They will be enabled in the polling stations in the primary elections. |
Wolf added that political aspirants are allowed to hold rallies, as long as they are planned with the CNE so as not to coincide or overlap with other movements and parties.
For the next 50 days, they will be able to seek the vote of their partials through all these channels until March 8, after which there are five more days left as a result of usually presenting the proposals of their Government plan.
Alberto Solórzano, evangelical leader. |
clean campaign
Representatives of the Church and civil society called on the aspirants of the three parties to campaign cleanly, without attacks, without insults and with feasible proposals.
“We hope that politicians will take advantage of the opportunity presented to them to campaign, avoiding confrontation and empty speech.
The country demands that hope be returned to him with clear and convincing proposals, “said the pastor and evangelical leader. Alberto Solórzano.
Omar Rivera, Fonac Executive Secretary. |
He has stated that there are many demotivated people and the pandemic is hitting the country hardest, so the political class has a huge challenge to regain the confidence of the electorate.
“If things are not handled well, it is possible to have the places and inputs to vote, but with the absence of the main element: the voters,” he said.
Omar Rivera, Executive Secretary of the National Convergence Forum (Fonac), pointed out that in this campaign candidates for popularly elected positions must show their best side and not replicate the ancestral and vulgar strategy of attacks and discredit of the past.
Maximino German Llop, Councilor of the CNE. |
“These are new times and new practices are required, abandoning the vernacular policy, characterized by diatribe, insult and mutual outrage among opponents,” he said.
Antonio García, Vice President of Bar Association and deputy candidate for Free, said the campaign should be clean and candidates remember that they are adversaries, but not enemies, and that after March 14 they should come out united for the good of the country.