Putting Parties in Order
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
The Constitutional Court deserves a thumbs-up. Last week, it granted an appeal for a revision of Law No. 32/2004 on Regional Elections. In essence, political parties are no longer the only entities that can nominate candidates. Those who do not belong to any party, known as independent candidates, can now take part.
For a long time, there have been complaints about the dominance of parties in determining candidates to run in the regional election
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