Paraguay
Which bodies and figures are involved in Paraguay's electoral process
The electoral framework in Paraguay brings together institutions and actors with organizational, oversight, and supervisory duties. According to ABC Color, the TSJE oversees the process, and on voting day civic boards, polling station members, proxies, observers, the Public Prosecutor's Office, and the National Police also take part.
The electoral process in Paraguay involves a series of bodies and representatives responsible for organizing, overseeing, and controlling each stage of the election.
According to ABC Color, the Superior Court of Electoral Justice is the institution responsible for conducting the process and administering electoral justice. Under the National Constitution, its role is to organize, direct, oversee, and guarantee the legality, transparency, and accuracy of elections.
On election day, the TSJE must provide technical assistance and logistical support, in addition to appointing electoral delegates who certify the records before the Party Electoral Courts. The newspaper noted that the structure of Electoral Justice is organized hierarchically through jurisdictional and administrative bodies.
ABC Color also indicated that the civic boards are auxiliary and temporary bodies that collaborate with the organization of elections in districts and parishes. They are made up of five full members and their alternates, proposed by political parties, movements, or alliances and appointed by the Electoral Courts.
Among their duties are proposing polling places and members of polling stations, accrediting observers, and helping with the distribution and receipt of materials. Polling station members, proxies, and observers also take part, with functions linked to the organization, oversight, and transparency of voting.
Proxies officially represent candidacies or political groupings during the acts and operations of the electoral process and follow the progress of the election from the opening to the closing of the polling places. Observers, meanwhile, carry out a polling-station-by-polling-station oversight role inside the voting locations, according to ABC Color.
Ahead of the municipal elections on October 4, the Public Prosecutor’s Office is preparing a control operation to respond to possible criminal offenses and safeguard the normal development of the day. ABC Color reported that Sandra Ledesma, prosecutor for Electoral Crimes in Asunción, was again designated as liaison and coordinator of the service coverage.
For its part, the National Police defined actions for the municipal election framework. Officers will be deployed in the vicinity of polling places and will accompany prosecutors in joint monitoring tasks, according to that outlet.
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