Recommendation 21 (Campaign Environment) Guatemala 2007
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/GT/guatemala-final-report-general-elections-eu-2007/at_download/file
The EU EOM believes that it would be highly recommendable to open-up a period of public debate on the convenience of reducing the duration of the electoral campaign, which is currently set at four months. Independently of the economic costs that are linked to such a prolonged campaign period (especially if there is a second round in the presidential elections), such lengthy campaigns inevitably generate considerable fatigue both among political actors as well as the voters themselves. Above all, such long campaign periods reduce the possibility of carrying out an effective campaign for those political parties with more limited financial resources.
