translated from Spanish: The Montes formula for PS to emerge from its crisis: audit on the militant spin-off and commission of former party presidents

Ad you bear the crucial Central Committee this Saturday, where the officialism of the Socialist Party and dissent will look the faces to define the new board and the Political Commission, from various sectors of the co livity multiplies the calls and proposals to bring the store out of crisis. One of them is the one raised by Senator Carlos Montes, the former president of the Senate, who entered the debate after remaining on the second line in the electoral process, where he gave “critical support” to the current President Alvaro Elizalde.
Through a document entitled “Socialist initiative: proposals for a new cycle”, Montes leads a group of parliamentarians and prominent party militants who propose as solutions the installation of a commission of former presidents of the in addition to an audit on the militant spin-off as key points. The statement is signed by Senator Rabindranath Quinteros, former Minister Máximo Pacheco, deputies Raúl Leiva, Juan Santana and Jaime Tohá, former Undersecretary Francisco Javier Díaz, as well as Evelyn Pino, (Vice President Of Socialist Youth), José Manuel Díaz y Amalia Pereira (vice presidents of the Central Unitarian Workers CUT) and Salvador Millaleo, lawyer and academic.
The diagnosis of this group states that the electiary process of May “generated a regrettable internal dispute, followed by serious allegations that were made on a television program. They have polarized the internal debate, discouraged and shamed on militancy and generated a very negative perception in public opinion.”
That is why they propose a series of urgent measures to be taken by the new board of directors, although they do not enter into the debate installed by dissent, from where officialism is required not to insist on the names of Alvaro Elizalde and his Secretary General Andrés Santander.
“Urgent measures”
One of the actions proposed by the Montes-led group is the installation of a “commission made up of former PS presidents and other significant figures to ensure transparency, probity and anti-corruption actions”.
The task of this entity “will be to propose guidelines and measures for the Party to strengthen its ethical standards, as well as the political formation of socialist militancy. It will also be up to him to put forward legislative and public policy initiatives to help strengthen the quality of the policy,” the statement states.
Then, alluding to the controversy of narco votes and clientelism in the commune of San Ramón, the group is emphatically to point out that “we categorically affirm the falseness of the accusations that have pointed to the Socialist Party”.
However, they argue that it is necessary for parliamentary benches to articulate actions on proposing amendments to the electoral law on the target of militants, transparency in financing and control measures, and reform of the municipal system the appointment of senior positions of municipalities (ADP) and strengthening of control and control measures by the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic.
As for the internal pattern of militants, they argue that “an audit is required to the current register, with particular emphasis on communes where a militancy much higher than the national average is appreciated. It is not a question of targeting or stigmatizing any commune or its militants, but about ensuring correspondence between the standard and those actively participating in the party.”
They also emphasize that a reform of the Supreme Court, an entity that was questioned for its performance in the electoral process, is necessary.
“Internal control is essential to ensure the transparency and ethics of the militants. The Regional Courts should be strengthened, leaving the Supreme Court as a review body, thereby ensuring the right to a double instance. This involves the review of the generation mechanisms of both bodies, ensuring the suitability of their members and the establishment of expedited procedures, which compatibilise due process with the opportunity of their resolutions. It is also necessary to provide the Supreme Court with resources for the organization of internal electoral processes,” the document states.

Original source in Spanish