During the afternoon of this Friday The constitutional reform project that seeks to regulate the financing of the campaigns of the next plebiscite of October 25 was generally approved.
In the instance, the project was approved in general unanimously, without votes against or abstentions. The initiative seeks to limit the expenses incurred for electoral propaganda.
✅ Approved I Unanimously, the Senate Chamber generally approves the constitutional reform that regulates spending on campaigns for the constituent plebiscite.
The voting of the indications presented in the Chamber to the project will begin shortly. pic.twitter.com/2i9KNdKmuv
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The maximum amount established was approximately $ 2 billion for each option. The amounts will be distributed proportionally by each of the parties according to the votes they obtained in the last elections of deputies and deputies.
In relation to the parties that are new and that have been generated during the last months, they will be equal to the party with the fewest number of votes in the last elections.
Another point in question it had been the contribution that activists and individuals can make, setting this at the same amount of 500 UF.
The vote was valued by the senator of the Socialist Party, Álvaro Elizalde, who, remember, entered this project.
“The limit is for total campaign spending and the limit is the same for all options, therefore the parties that support an option have a total spending and the limit of each party will be determined by what its specific weight is. from the citizen’s point of view, and all the parties that support one option will not be able to spend more than the parties that support another option, ”he said.
After the general vote that was approved unanimously, some indications were discussed, which were also approved minutes later by 39 votes in favor and 2 abstentions.
This meant that transparency standards were approved, which means that after making the contribution, the Servel must be notified within three days in order to deliver the information publicly. Similarly, the contribution of companies and foreigners is also prohibited, as indicated by Senator Luz Ebensbergue (UDI).
“Basically the rules that everyone already knew about prohibiting the contribution of companies or legal persons and the contribution of foreigners, more important rules on transparency on which there was already agreement yesterday, and the points on which yesterday we did not have an agreement and which we achieved today ”, he assured.
The initiative now it will be sent to the Chamber of Deputies and Deputies, all this five days before the formal start of the campaign, which will begin on August 26.
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