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Recommendation 29 (Voter Registration) Nicaragua 2006
by: EU
More efficient and routine civic education strategies should be devised to inform the rural and disadvantaged populations of the need to be civilly registered. Application for civil registration should be free of charge for all citizens. The normal registration procedure should be extended to all individuals until they are five years of age
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 28 (Voter Registration) Nicaragua 2006
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If the civil registration functions are to remain under the responsibility of a specialised division of the CSE, a separate budget should be allocated to it, regardless of the occurrence of elections in a given year. Ideally, the civil registration process should be given equal if not higher attention in non-election years. Specific mechanisms to inform ID card applicants of the progress of their applications should be designed and implemented.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 27 (Voter Registration) Nicaragua 2006
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More efficient mechanisms to verify and eliminate double registrations and communicate changes of status and deaths should be put in place, with the CSE needing to take the lead on this, rather than relying on citizens’ initiative.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 26 (Voter Registration) Nicaragua 2006
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Each civil registration application should be entered electronically at the municipal level, with a unique number assigned to each entry that can be used later on for every change of residence or status and for other fiscal or administrative purposes. The procedures at municipal level should be defined and supervised by the CSE, and the civil registrars should answer exclusively to the CSE officers rather than to the municipality.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 25 (Legal Framework) Nicaragua 2006
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A reformed Citizen Identification Law should also place more emphasis on the importance of ID cards as a general identification document that citizens can use for a multiplicity of purposes and not only as a voting document. The requirement to obtain an ID card should be a duty/obligation shared by the citizens together with the institutions, rather than just being the responsibility of citizens.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 24 (Voter Registration) Nicaragua 2006
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The procedures for civil registration should be updated, simplified and standardised in all municipalities. The system of civil registration should be computerised from the outset in all municipalities and placed effectively under the control either of a specialised division of the CSE, or of a different governmental agency. Specific geo-indexing parameters such as settlement divisions or new address codes could be introduced to simplify identification and future updates. A thorough reform of the Citizen Identification Law could regulate the reorganisation of the system.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 23 (Election Administration) Nicaragua 2006
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The CSE should provide electoral stakeholders with more open access to information about its activities, for example, by holding informational meetings with them and by publishing more up-to-date information on its website. In this context, the promised passage of the Law on Access to Public Information could also require the CSE to be more transparent about its own decision-making processes and proceedings. CSE sessions when it is acting in its judicial capacity to resolve complaints or appeals should be open to the public.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 22 (Election Administration) Nicaragua 2006
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The CSE should make full use of its regulatory powers in all those specific aspects of a given electoral process that might not be sufficiently explained in the law, in order to increase consistency and eliminate ambiguity in its interpretations.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 21 (Election Administration) Nicaragua 2006
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The appointment of polling station committee members should be made in a manner that guarantees their independence and neutrality from political parties. Alternatively, a more equitable representation of the various forces in the political spectrum should be guaranteed with transparent rules that are not subject to differing interpretations.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 20 (Women) Nicaragua 2006
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An equal representation of women at the various levels of the election administration should be encouraged. This process should be initiated with a larger representation at the highest level, and then be promoted by means of a specific policy within the CSE at the various appointment levels.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 19 (Election Administration) Nicaragua 2006
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The composition of the permanent territorial structure of the election administration should be thoroughly reformed and depoliticized. Appointments should be made in accordance with the Civil Service Law. Consideration should be given to the permanent appointment of a departmental/regional electoral officer not linked to any political party.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 18 (Election Administration) Nicaragua 2006
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The Civil Service Law should apply to senior levels of the election administration, in order to guarantee their professionalisation and protect them from arbitrary dismissals and political party pressure.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 17 (Election Administration) Nicaragua 2006
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The CSE should establish a legal department that could support the institution in its roles as regulation-maker, and as the body that dispenses electoral justice.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 16 (Election Administration) Nicaragua 2006
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The CSE should be strengthened as an institution. This should include an overhaul of its central office structure. The CSE should approve its own rules of procedures and establish an official organisational structure that responds to criteria of efficiency and transparency. This would include a secretary general with powers of overall coordination among the various directorates.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 15 (Election Administration) Nicaragua 2006
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The Electoral Law should be reformed to ensure that at the end of the current mandate the system for appointing CSE Commissioners ensures their impartiality and independence from all political parties and at the same time commands the respect of all stakeholders. Adequate mechanisms to effectively consult with and take into account civil society recommendations during the appointment process should be established. Eligibility criteria for commissioners should guarantee and privilege the civic and institutional background of the candidates over their political affiliations. A reduction in the number of commissioners should also be seriously considered.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 14 (Electoral system) Nicaragua 2006
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The introduction of compensatory seats in the nation-wide constituency could be considered as a mechanism to recuperate the “wasted” votes of those parties that do not win any seats in departmental/regional constituencies
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 13 (Minorities) Nicaragua 2006
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The establishment of a quota for indigenous seats should also be considered, as has been the case in other Latin American countries, at least to guarantee representation proportional to their population size.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 12 (Electoral system) Nicaragua 2006
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The mechanism to determine the number of deputies elected for each departmental/regional constituency (Art 141 Electoral Law) should be updated. The number should be revised each time there is a national census, or by using updated civil registration figures, to achieve a better proportionality between the population and elected representatives.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 11 (Election Administration) Nicaragua 2006
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Enforcement measures should be put in place to guarantee that electoral campaign activities are conducted only within the specific period devoted to the election campaign.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 10 (Election Administration) Nicaragua 2006
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The closing date for registration of Parties and Candidates for a specific election should be closer to the election period than is currently the case, in order to avoid announcements of affiliation changes and long pre-electoral campaign periods. Consideration could be given to allowing the substitution of candidates for the National Assembly who resign, as is foreseen for presidential candidates.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 9 (Women) Nicaragua 2006
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Serious consideration should be given to introducing gender quotas in the political party candidate lists for the National Assembly (for example, a minimum of 30% women), as well ensuring a balanced gender ranking within such lists so that women candidates have reasonable chances of being elected. In this context, examples from Latin American countries and especially from Central America could be considered. If quotas are adopted, necessary enforcement mechanisms would need to be included in the Electoral Law.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 8 (Parties and Candidates) Nicaragua 2006
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Transparent and accountable mechanisms to record, disclose and audit the donations to political parties and their expenditure during the electoral campaign should be established. Consideration should be given to the introduction of limits on donations to political parties, as well as limits to their campaign expenditure. Enforcement mechanisms to guarantee adequate public disclosure of parties’ income and expenditures should also be introduced and not limited to campaign periods. Consideration could also be given to reducing the current reimbursement to parties from public funds.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 7 (Parties and Candidates) Nicaragua 2006
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Transparent and enforceable mechanisms of internal party democracy to select and rank candidates within their respective party lists should be established, with specific attention to the promotion of women candidates. The link between the electorate and the elected representatives should be encouraged and the selection of candidates removed from the strict control of political party leaderships. Additionally, and subordinate to the establishment of the above mechanisms, consideration could be given to the possibility of introducing open lists.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 6 (Parties and Candidates) Nicaragua 2006
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The right to stand for independent candidates and citizens’ associations should be allowed at least for regional and municipal elections.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 5 (Parties and Candidates) Nicaragua 2006
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The requirement to present lists of candidates for all electoral races and for all constituencies should be abolished.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 4 (Legal Framework) Nicaragua 2006
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The constitutional requirement for political parties to win at least 4% of the valid vote in the national elections in order to maintain their legal personality and participate in future elections should be reduced.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 3 (Legal Framework) Nicaragua 2006
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The rule that prevents regional parties, (which tend to represent the ethnic minorities of the Atlantic Coast regions) from competing for any seats in the national elections, except in alliance, should be reconsidered, specifically for regional deputy seats in the national elections.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 2 (Legal Framework) Nicaragua 2006
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The obligations established in the Electoral Law for the creation of new parties, such as the requirement to have an assembly and a steering board established in every municipality of the country under the supervision of the CSE, should be reconsidered. The establishment of a municipal office in 50% of the municipalities of the country could be sufficient.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 1 (Legal Framework) Nicaragua 2006
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The specific nature of political parties as building blocks of the democratic development of a country, should be reinforced with a modern Law on Political Parties. This Law should respond to the new and more complex demands of Nicaraguan society and recognise political parties as subjects of rights and obligations that go well beyond the mere electoral period. The main aspects that such law could address are the legal personality of political parties; the regulation of their rights and duties in society outside election periods; and the regulation of their finance in its global dimension, from disclosing their sources of funding to accounting for all their expenditure.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 48 (Polling, Counting and Publication of Results) Mexico 2006
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Se recomienda que la legislación se enmiende con el objetivo de regular la realización de un recuento en un numero de casillas previamente determinado (muestreo aleatorio) cuando los resultados de las elecciones sean muy parejos. Si el resultado de este muestreo indicara que un recuento total podría afectar los resultados, el IFE debería realizar un recuento total de oficio.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 47 (Polling, Counting and Publication of Results) Mexico 2006
by: EU
Podría realizarse un mayor esfuerzo para explicar el “conteo rápido” y los programas de resultados preliminares a la ciudadanía, para garantizar la transparencia de estos procesos.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 46 (Election Administration) Mexico 2006
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Sería positivo aumentar los esfuerzos para asegurar que se apliquen correctamente las medidas de seguridad en todas las casillas.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 45 (Election Administration) Mexico 2006
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Se sugiere introducir medidas como casillas móviles, o el voto por correo, para facilitar el ejercicio del derecho del voto a personas con dificultades para acercarse a las casillas.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 44 (Election Administration) Mexico 2006
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Se recomienda una mejora en la formación de los miembros de las mesas directivas de las casillas, sobre todo en el uso de las tecnologías mas avanzadas para la compresión del ciudadano. Tales medidas tendrían el potencial de acelerar, aún más, el flujo de votantes en la jornada electoral.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 43 (Women) Mexico 2006
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Se aconseja que las insuficiencias de las disposiciones legales que intentan fomentar la participación de las mujeres, sean revisadas y enmendadas apropiadamente. Por ejemplo, podrían introducirse medidas para evitar que los partidos políticos posicionen a las mujeres en aquellos puestos de las listas de candidatos donde no tendrían ninguna posibilidad de obtener un escaño.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 42 (Minorities) Mexico 2006
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Tendrían que adoptarse más y mejores medidas para fortalecer la participación de los pueblos indígenas en el proceso electoral. Los partidos políticos deberían aumentar sus esfuerzos para fomentar que un mayor número de personas de pueblos indígenas se presenten como candidatos. Los medios de comunicación, por su parte, también podrían prestar mayor atención a la participación de los pueblos indígenas en el proceso electoral.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 41 (Civil Society and domestic Observation) Mexico 2006
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Se deberían adoptar disposiciones legislativas para permitir que grupos de observadores nacionales, no partidistas, puedan incorporar comentarios en las distintas actas, en todos los procesos de sufragio, conteo, y cómputo.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 40 (Civil Society and domestic Observation) Mexico 2006
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Sería conveniente analizar la posibilidad de desarrollar un criterio para determinar qué grupos de la sociedad civil pueden acreditarse como observadores electorales no partidistas. Esto serviría para aumentar la transparencia del proceso.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 39 (Legal Framework) Mexico 2006
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El Artículo 48.13 de la Ley Electoral, que prohíbe que terceras personas realicen actividades de campaña mediante propagandas pagadas en medios de comunicación, parecería violar el derecho de los ciudadanos a la libertad de expresión, establecido en el Artículo 19 de la Declaración Universal de los Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas. Por tanto esta limitación debería ser eliminada de la ley.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 38 (Media) Mexico 2006
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Es recomendable que el proceso para solicitar reparación se fortalezca y se enmiende para otorgar al ente supervisor de un instrumento efectivo, predecible, y de ejecución rápida, ante violaciones de los requisitos contemplados en la Ley Electoral, relativo a los medios de comunicación.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 37 (Media) Mexico 2006
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Todas las conclusiones de los monitoreos de medios realizados deberían publicarse y actualizarse en la Página Web del IFE de una forma que facilite su comprensión, de manera tal que garantice la transparencia y que se pueda verificar si el principio de igualdad es respetado.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 36 (Media) Mexico 2006
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Se podría considerar enmendar la Ley Electoral para exigir que los medios de comunicación garanticen una línea editorial independiente, objetiva, neutral e informativa en sus noticiarios. Las informaciones tendrían que presentarse de forma equilibrada y neutral, con una cobertura de las actividades de las autoridades durante el periodo electoral.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 35 (Media) Mexico 2006
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Sería positivo promover un entorno de medios de comunicación más pluralista.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 34 (Campaign Environment) Mexico 2006
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Convendría tomar medidas para hacer frente a la práctica de los partidos políticos de presentar spots de televisión extremadamente parecidos a spots cuya retirada fue exigida por el IFE, lo que socava los esfuerzos del IFE para promocionar campañas libres y positivas en los medios de comunicación.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 33 (Campaign Environment) Mexico 2006
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Se sugiere fortalecer los mecanismos existentes además de introducir un código de conducta para incentivar a los partidos a que participen en una campaña menos negativa, y más respetuosa hacia la ciudadanía.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 32 (Election Administration) Mexico 2006
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Correspondería tomar mayores recaudos para evitar el abuso de recursos públicos durante el periodo electoral. Esto concerniría al desarrollo y a la implementación de medidas más efectivas para monitorear y tratar dichos abusos, considerando la posibilidad de anulación de las elecciones en caso de violaciones de la legislación vigente. Mayores esfuerzos son necesarios para asegurar que las personas que perpetran estas violaciones tengan que asumir la responsabilidad por sus actos.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 31 (Election Administration) Mexico 2006
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Tendrían que incrementarse las sanciones para la violación de las regulaciones de financiamiento, y se deberían tomar mayores medidas para iniciar causas criminales frente a graves violaciones. En este contexto, la Fiscalía Especializada para la Atención de Delitos Electorales (FEPADE) debería ser más activa.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 30 (Legal Framework) Mexico 2006
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La ley electoral debería ser enmendada para asegurar que el gasto de los partidos políticos en el periodo de las elecciones internas esté adecuadamente regulado.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 29 (Legal Framework) Mexico 2006
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Sería recomendable recortar el financiamiento público de los partidos políticos.
Recommendation status: recommended
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Recommendation 28 (Election Administration) Mexico 2006
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Se recomienda que el IFE publique con anterioridad a las elecciones los informes anuales sobre el cumplimiento de las leyes de financiamiento de partidos. Si esto no fuera posible, entonces el IFE podría emitir un informe detallando el cumplimiento, por parte de los partidos políticos, de las leyes de financiamiento hasta la fecha más cercana posible a las elecciones.
Recommendation status: recommended
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