Octubre 07, 2004
Too Many Candidates?
Everyone is talking about the candidates for municipal elections. The novedad is that agrupaciones ciudadanas and indigenous groups will be allowed to participate without the backing of political parties.
Without that backing, comes no financial support from the state. Even though many ex-political party members are heading up these independent groups, there appears to be a saturation of options.
One question that will be answered over the next two months: How will the media devote its space and time to cover so many candidates? Who makes the decision whether a candidate is worthy to receive coverage and will the political parties receive coverage by default?
In Santa Cruz, 21 candidates are hoping to win the top slot. In La Paz, Cochabamba and El Alto there are 16, 13, and 9 candidates respectively.
Posted by eduardo at Octubre 7, 2004 08:37 PM
Comments
Are there second round elections?
Posted by: Luis at Noviembre 17, 2004 12:45 PM