Octubre 05, 2004
Mayoral Candidates To Be Announced
Slowly, official and unofficial sources have been revealing the names of the candidates for the 300+ municipalities. Both the political parties and agrupaciones ciudadanas have been making formal announcements. Incumbent mayors are required to resign their post in order to run for re-election. In La Paz, Juan del Granado officially resigned and launched his reelection campaign last Sunday. In Santa Cruz, Roberto Fernandez, brother of UCS chief Johnny, also resigned. It is expected that Rocio Luque may also resign to accept the nomination from NFR.
October 6th is the official deadline to register candidates. This will definitely be an interesting campaign season, with a long list of candidates to choose from. Many observers worry that this will cause a vote dispersal, with the mayor being eventually selected by the councilmembers.
Posted by eduardo at Octubre 5, 2004 07:04 PM