Through a message posted on his Twitter account, the Minister of the Interior, Edward “Wado” of Peter confirmed this Friday that the National Electoral Directorate (DINE), the body that is in charge of organizing the elections and that worked under his portfolio, now it will be in the orbit of the General Secretariat of the Presidencyby Julio Vitobello.
“We must preserve what we all achieved together: a reliable, transparent, agile electoral process with the agreement of all sectorsremoving him from any conjunctural discussion of the campaign, “began the national official and candidate for senator for the province of Buenos Aires, a postulation that would have motivated the measure.
In this sense, De Pedro indicated: “That is why, despite there being no incompatibilities, together with President Alberto Fernández we decided to transfer the DINE to the General Secretariat of the Presidency«.
In his message, the head of the Ministry of the Interior, who until now was in charge of organizing the elections, mentioned that “The National Executive Power, the Judicial Power, the Electoral Command, El Correo Argentinos, the political parties, and the Argentine citizens are protagonists, every two years, of elections that are recognized for their effectiveness and reliability«.
In addition, the candidate for the upper house considered that with this decision “We continue working to further strengthen an electoral process“, which he assured, has already “proved to be the most efficient, fast and transparent”.
The elections, under the orbit of the Presidency: the statement of the Ministry of the Interior
Along with the message from its owner, the Ministry of the Interior highlighted in a statement that, in line with 40 years of democracy, the decision to transfer the organization of the elections to the Presidency «focused on building confidence in the electoral instrumentl».
In the letter, it was also noted that during the current administration “leaders and representatives” of all the political parties that will compete in the next elections were regularly called “with the aim of improving a system that demonstrated its effectiveness«.
«It is also noteworthy that the electoral schedule is being applied as planned and all administrative processes were successfully completed a few weeks ago,” he concluded. the national portfolio, when justifying the measure.
Source: Argentine News