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The OAS rejects the government's criticism of the appointment of María Eugenia Vidal as veedora

2021-02-26T23:58:18.720Z


They say that the election of the former governor for the mission in El Salvador was based on 'objective' and 'gender equity' criteria. And that she does not hold positions in the leadership of any party.


Paula Lugones

02/26/2021 8:40 PM

  • Clarín.com

  • Politics

Updated 02/26/2021 8:40 PM

The general secretariat of the Organization of American States, headed by Luis Almagro,

came out on Friday to respond to the criticism of the Government

for the appointment of María Eugenia Vidal as head of the electoral mission for the legislative elections of El Salvador this Sunday and said that to

"objective" and "gender equity"

criteria were used for their choice

.

In a note to which

Clarín

agreed

, sent to the Argentine mission in the OAS, led by Ambassador Carlos Raimundi, the secretariat indicates that the selection of the former governor of Buenos Aires was according to criteria established by the organization for the missions Electoral (MOE).

He points out that it was taken into account that Vidal "

does not hold a position on the national board of a political party."

In addition, the letter says,

"she is the first Argentine woman to occupy an MOE leadership"

and that

"objective criteria were adopted for her selection, including gender equality."

Raimundi had rejected the election of Vidal as OAS overseer in El Salvador and had called to "take into account the criteria of the OAS manual for electoral missions."

In a letter addressed to Almagro yesterday, he had expressed his "total disagreement with his insistence on appointing Argentine citizens belonging to the same political party to the Electoral Observation missions in our region," in reference to Together for Change.

Although he did not directly name Vidal, in the letter he stated that “the criteria of the OAS manual for electoral missions should be taken into account, which indicates that those persons who, at the time of the convocation, are part of the electoral mission, will not be eligible. national directive of a political party ”.

"The OAS electoral observation missions should strictly adhere to objective technical criteria and avoid exceeding their powers, which has led to serious institutional crises, such as the one that occurred in Bolivia in 2019," Raimundi remarked.

In this regard, the Secretariat replied that Raimundi's note

"also contains other factual errors

.

"

"The EOMs have rather avoided institutional and political crises with their work, their conclusions and recommendations, this being the reason why more and more countries request their presence and for more electoral processes."

It added that, "regarding the audit mission in the case of Bolivia referred to in the note, the findings were absolutely factual and of no other nature. They have never been contested in technical terms and the conclusions of the audits are absolutely binding, firstly, for Bolivia given that the Government of former President Evo Morales wished to do so and secondly for the General Secretariat of the OAS and its Secretary General. The respective reports presented to the Permanent Council of the OAS they were accepted practically unanimously ”.

Earlier this Friday, the OAS published a message from Vidal to Salvadoran citizens on its social networks.

"Throughout these days we have met to listen to all political actors, representatives of the forces of civil society and electoral authorities, in order to produce a report to strengthen institutions and democracy," he explained.

And he asked "to wait patiently and calmly for the results."

Washington.

Correspondent


Source: clarin

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