Minister of the Interior Guillermo Francos and the Electoral Reform: Laughing and Applause Among Deputies

2024-01-10 17:25:08

The Minister of the Interior of the Nation, Guillermo Francosbegan to answer the questions that the deputies asked him about the electoral reform promoted by the omnibus law, but before left an irony which sparked laughter and applause among the deputies.

“I appreciate the comments. I perceive that there is very great support for the project“I’m an intuitive,” Francos said in an ironic tone, generating laughter from the deputies present from the ruling party and the opposition.

The phrase of the Minister of the Interior, which generated laughter and applause, was formulated after the opposition deputies spoke during the second day of the plenary session of Deputy commissions, where they raised their discontent with the changes proposed by the national Executive.

Immediately afterwards, Francos argued: “Before moving on to the specific questions, let me tell you that the project is the initiative of a President who, as a candidate, questioned the political system and intends to seek an answer in this way.”

“The questions [al sistema electoral] Not only did he make them but he represented society, something that could later be seen in the election,” he added.

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At the beginning of his presentation in the plenary session of commissions in Deputies, the Minister of the Interior admitted that modifications will be made because they are “not very significant.”

Within the framework of the second day of the plenary session of commissions of the Lower House, the UCR representative Soledad Carrizo He demanded to “separate the urgent from the important” in the omnibus law and warned about modifications in the financing of the policy.

“When we talk about the financing of politics we talk about the quality of democracy that we want, and if the quality of democracy that we have is going to fall prey to criminal groups or corporate organizations, we continue to distance ourselves from society,” Carrizo questioned. .

Along these lines, the PRO deputy Silvia Lospennato warned that “There are some noble objectives” in electoral reform, but “the tools are not the most appropriate.”

“It is unusual that an electoral reform of this magnitude is intended to be discussed in extraordinary sessions. It has never happened. It is an issue that we have no problem discussing in ordinary sessions,” he emphasized during his speech.

Meanwhile, the GEN deputy Margarita Stolbizer He warned that the attempt to change to a uninominality system is “practically incomprehensible” by pointing out that “it has a really dangerous effect and impact on the system of representation.”

“If our democracy has valued anything, it is the system of proportional representation, because when the people still seem to ignore this principle, they govern through their representatives,” he stated.

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