After the postponement of the General Budget of the Nation for this year, issued by the Ministry of Finance through Decree 0069 of January 24, 2025, the National Electoral Council (CNE) announced that the It is a corresponding item to this entity in 56.75%, which represents the entire electoral component.
Before the decision of the budget postponement issued by the Executive Branch, The CNE warned with great concern that the distribution of resources against other entities would not have done without a “Proportionality criteria and reasonableness in attention to the autonomy of this electoral authority“
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In addition to this, the CNE indicates that this Budget cut puts at risk the atypical elections of this 2025 and the preparations of the presidential ones of 2026: “It compromises compliance with the constitutional and legal powers assigned and to that extent, missionary activities, particularly those related to the atypical elections of 2025, the realization of the Elections of Municipal Councils of Youth and the preparatory activities for the elections are impossible of the Congress of the Republic and presidential to be held in 2026, in relation to electoral witnesses, audits, general scrutiny and the entire technological component that guarantees the transparency of the elections“
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Thus, the entity said it will request the Government “rethink the postponement, notwithstanding the fact that legal measures are studied to dispute what is decided in Decree 0069 of 2025“. Just as you will ask the Control organs The immediate intervention in this situation that is warned irregular.
The National Electoral Council warns “That the restriction of resources to the electoral authority affects the realization of free, fair and transparent elections. This budget decision seriously affects the democracy of our country“
Valentina Delgadillo Abello
Portfolio journalist
