Ramon Villarta, ISD Director
Ramon Villarta, head of the Social Initiative for Democracy (ISD), believes the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) has the legislative power to block expected propaganda abroad.
“While it is true that there is currently no specific regulatory framework regulating election propaganda abroad, election officials have ensured that they have the authority to control that laws on this matter have not been violated. You have to understand: in the territory or extraterritoriality of a country,” Villarta explained.
Furthermore, the ISD representative stressed that only political parties (and not other parties) have the power to carry out propaganda within the scope of Article 81 of the Republic’s Constitution.
“Election propaganda constitutes the right of a duly registered political party or coalition,” meaning that other parties who are not political parties are prohibited from conducting election propaganda inside or outside the country’s territory.
Activists recommended comparative studies to identify how the laws of countries voting abroad control propaganda abroad. We can review regulations in other countries,” he suggested.
Source: Diario Elmundo
