You can have a more equitable, transparent and participatory

After an intense and productive dialogue with all political parties, the specialized organizations of civil society and academic experts, the Congress passed in late 2009 a law on political reform that will help strengthen political representation through party competition more transparent, equitable and citizen.

Now is the time to implement these policy changes. Students of public administration around the world agree that the implementation phase of policies is more complex because it involves translating into practice the ambitious objectives laid down by the government or Congress. Implement a policy requiring the coordination of multiple actors, which in this case, also belong to different branches and levels of government. Therefore, from the national government and we are heading for the task of completing the reform, working proactively and articulated with electoral justice and provincial governments.

In this regard, the National Registry of Persons of the Ministry of Interior and Justice Electoral progress in the coordination of new reporting procedures on registering voters, to complete its computerization and streamlining processes that were already obsolete. Within his own Justice, the National Electoral Chamber and the respective courts are developing management mechanisms that are consistent voter registration to new technologies to implement.

In turn, between the steps, federal prosecutors have charged with monitoring compliance with the requirements for obtaining and maintaining the legal status of the parties. Finally, the National Electoral Home Office works in planning primary procedures, the dissemination of new regulations and the adaptation of the electoral management structures to new functions. In short, this is a complex process involving multiple areas of the state, in a quiet task, which does not usually appear in the press, but it is essential to realize the objectives of reform.

The parties also must work to suit the requirements, quite logical that the new law. They will have to meet minimum enrollment figures set by the legislation, although most of the games are a definite option for society will easily exceed that threshold, only the "rubber stamps" without program and / or ideology should not worry about achieve enough affiliations. In turn, this time next year we will surely see the definition of pre-candidates within each party, and 30 days before the primary election campaign begins. Here, parties, justice and other areas of government must be prepared for a rule prohibiting private investment in media, ensuring the state advertising space and proportional fair to all candidates and political forces.

In short, we are taking steps to successfully implement the reform, working in good time and predictability. We know that no reform, no matter how deep and integral to be (and it undoubtedly is), you can magically solve deficits of representation that moves in a long time. But we also know that if we can successfully run the new law, we can remedy many of the problems that were causing the party crisis, giving a strong signal that it is possible to have a political system more equitable, transparent and participatory. So, we are taking a leap of significant institutional quality for Argentina.

Juan Manuel Abal Medina www.sgp.gob.ar Deputy Chief of Staff of the Nation