OAS praises Ecuador ‘civic spirit’ and suggests regulating use of public resources for electoral purposes

Thursday, May 16th 2013 - 22:18 UTC

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The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) received this week the oral report of the Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) that accompanied the process of general elections in Ecuador on February 17, which was presented by the Chief of Mission Rafael Alburquerque, who stressed the “great civic spirit” of Ecuadorians. Read full article

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JohnN
“reducing the risks associated with the use of public resources for electoral purposes through regulations to clarify the actions and behaviours that violate the equal competition“:
Is this an OAS code-word for Ecuadorian incumbent's appropriation of public funds to print adverts and tv/radio spots in favour of the incumbent?

Thats what Chávez did in Venezuela and Putin in Russia - get public and ”private” corporations to subsidize massive adverts plumping the incumbent.

Works like a charm, but not democratic in any sense of the term.
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