04/28/2021 4:51 PM
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Updated 04/28/2021 4:51 PM
The national government is evaluating
increasing the number of
voting
establishments
for the legislative elections of 2021, as a preventive measure against the coronavirus.
It was confirmed by Wado de Pedro, after a meeting with the National Electoral Chamber.
In any case,
there are
still
no definitions on the postponement
of the STEP, nor is there a response to the
request for vaccination
of the personnel affected by the elections.
De Pedro, Minister of the Interior, met this Wednesday with the members of the
National Electoral Chamber
: Santiago Corcuera, Raúl Bejas and Alberto Ricardo Dalla Via.
There they discussed the operation for the elections that will take place this year, in which the seats of National Deputies and Senators will be renewed.
Wado de Pedro confirmed that there will be about 4 thousand more voting establishments in the 2021 elections. Photo Prensa / amb / Telam
More polling places
One of the measures discussed at the meeting was to increase the
number of voting places
, to avoid crowds of people and a greater risk of contagion from Covid.
In this sense, it would seek to
increase
the establishments by
30%
.
"Usually they vote in around 15 thousand establishments. Now we calculate
between 19 thousand and 20 thousand,"
explained De Pedro, leaving the judicial headquarters.
He also announced that the Post Office is "doing a survey province by province to find out which establishments have more air circulation and greater amplitude."
Another measure that could be implemented are
general protocols
, which will be developed in conjunction with the Ministry of Health, to comply with the usual preventive measures.
A sanitizing hygiene kit will be distributed to the table and party authorities.
Vaccines, no definition
Despite the meeting, there is an issue that still has no definition: the claim to
declare "essential" the personnel
affected to the election process and vaccinate them against the coronavirus.
The request had been publicly promoted by María Servini de Cubría.
The federal judge, who has electoral competence, demanded that a "staff of 25 people" receive both doses of the vaccine.
The vaccination of the personnel of the Electoral Justice, a claim promoted by Servini.
Photo Victor Sokolowicz
"If my people don't get vaccinated in a few days. I'm not going to expose them to getting sick, because there I can't make a bubble," he warned at the beginning of the month, when his own positive result was confirmed in a Covid test.
The possible statement of "essential" for the staff will be discussed by De Pedro and Minister Carla Vizzotti.
The Ministry of the Interior
promised to "respond as soon as possible."
.
Postponement, a frozen debate
According to the
original schedule
, the PASO is scheduled to take place on Sunday, August 8.
The Government and the opposition reached an agreement to
postpone them
due to the health situation of the coronavirus, but the debate on when they will be done is frozen.
The ruling party hopes that De Pedro will participate this Friday in the Congress of the General Legislation and Constitutional Affairs commissions, to
justify the need for postponement.
Sergio Massa and Wado de Pedro, with Juan López, Mario Negri and Cristian Ritondo in a meeting at DIputados.
However, that date is not guaranteed to unlock the situation.
In the Front of All they say that it is necessary for Together for Change to give its approval to the renewal of
the operating protocol of the Chamber of Deputies.
On the other hand, the main opposing force
awaits another response first.
"We ask the ruling party to include a clause that reassures the commitment of the National Government to
respect the electoral legislation in force," they
explained in JxC.
What they want to avoid is that the Government eliminates the primaries or unifies them with the general ones.
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