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OAS Highlights Solidity of Democratic System of Costa Rica in February 2016 Municipal Elections
April 20, 2016
The Mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) that observed the municipal elections in Costa Rica on February 7, 2016 today congratulated the citizens of the country on the successful participation in the process, which the Mission qualified as “a show of the solidity of its democratic system.”
In his report (Spanish) to the Permanent Council of the Organization, the Chief of the Electoral Observation Mission (EOM), Edgardo Ortuño, highlighted that the electoral participation in the vote reached 35%, seven points higher than in the previous municipal elections in 2010. Moreover, he recognized the efforts of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal in the various stages of the election, and congratulated its effective coordination “in terms of electoral organization and logistics,” as well as the successful fulfillment of the electoral calendar.
Among its recommendations, the Mission urged the strengthening of the responsibilities of the electoral authority in the training and composition of the members of the voting centers; clarifying the responsibilities of the members of the centers; consideration of a state contribution of resources to political parties; the promotion of greater alternation in municipal offices; consideration of the incorporation of indirect public financing through the granting of free air time on radio and television; taking measures to increase the participation of women in positions of greater responsibility; and examining the possibility of implementing more strict guidelines for changing residence addresses in the voters lists.
The Interim Representative of Costa Rica to the OAS, , Rita María Hernández Bolaños, said her country would take the observations and recommendations of the Mission into account.
The Mission deployed in the seven provinces of the country 21 observers of 12 nationalities, who observed aspects such as the delivery of materials, training for members of voting centers, and election day itself, from the opening of the polls to the closing and the counting of votes at the voting centers.
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