The new leadership of the Movement to Socialism (MAS), which was consolidated after the internal fracture that led to the exit of the Evista sector, faces a new struggle related to the economic contributions previously made by the militancy. The arcist bloc leadership reported that there is an ongoing audit And they expect the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) to provide a report on the party’s financial statements.
Former Fidel SurcoSecretary of International Relations of the MAS and Chief of the National Campaign, He assured that the previous leadership did not transfer the contributions of militancy And he said: “That issue is in an audit. We are taking the accounting part, they are doing all the necessary controls and procedures to respond to the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE), because there There have been several actions, demands, challenges in this regard and we are solving those theme; but Whoever falls, will fall, will have responsibilitieswho have won the economic resources. ”
While the current president of MAS, Grover García, reported that They expect the TSE report regarding financial statements of the party and pointed out that if there are observations, those responsible will be subject to processes in the corresponding instances.
“We have presented the financial statements to the TSE we are waiting for us to return us, (to see) if it has no support or is observed, we are on that wait. As president of the MAS-PSP I do not tolerate corruption in any sitialneither public nor private. Then any type of corruption would have to be subject process in the corresponding instances, it will depend a lot on the observations made by the TSE, ”he said.
In this regard, former MAS vice president Gerardo García denied that there was a bad handling of the contributions and assured that the leadership that integrated presented its financial statements to the TSE also based on audits.
“They are entitled to make an audit, because in the end We also did the respective audit of the efforts and years that we have been managing And that has been presented to the electoral body As appropriate, ”he said.
He also said that Grover García’s leadership stayed with the contributions that remained in the accounts of the MASalthough the amount does not need. “They blocked the accounts, we did not have access to handle,” he said and emphasized that since 2022 contributions from arcism were stopped.
During the governments of the MASparty structures were supported by mandatory contributions from public officialsa practice that was widely questioned, but that so far has not been subject to a clear pronouncement by the TSE.
In November of 2024, the vowel of Tse Gustavo Ávila indicated that the electoral body would verify the use of economic contributions Of the MAS militants, after the complaint of leaders of social organizations that the money was used to finance blockages related to evism.
The duty requested an official response to the TSE regarding that commitment, even through three -member messages, but no response was obtained.
At the moment, The leadership of the MAS avoids responding to how much its budget roof amounts For campaigns and maintains that this will be known once the electoral process ends. Although parties must present an annual activity plan and the budget, which includes the financing planned for campaigns during electoral processes.
The norm
Law No. 1096 of Political Organizations establishes that the TSE has the attribution of supervising political organizations. According to article 82 of this rule, The control covers both the origin and the management of resources and It requires that the financial statements be audited and rendered documented.
Article 83 establishes that the parties must submit annual audited financial statements, with centralized accounting, and authorizes the TE to require clarifications or complementations in case of observations, under regulatory deadlines.
More contributions
- Scale According to the statute of more than 2021, 3% of their salary must contribute militants with salaries above Bs 20,000, 2% who receive a salary between Bs 10,000 and Bs 20,000, 1% who charge a salary less than Bs 10,000 Bolivians and Bs 1 monthly for the base militancy.
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Collections In April 2024, the then leader Froilan Fulgera said that before 2022 Bs 1.5 million were collected for contributions monthly, although he said that after that year the amount dropped to Bs 10,000.
