The Humanist Party in Buenos Aires is looking for the necessary support so that it can present an independent list of candidates in the “simultaneous and obligatory open primaries” (PASO in Spanish initials), in other words, without forming alliances with other political parties.
In addition to preparing lists for Buenos Aires legislators and the government leader, the Party is also looking to participate in the elections at a local level in the city.
A report by Télam dated the 25th of February, says that “Buenos Aires humanists will not take part in the list of the Front for Victory, something that could be repeated in other districts, but which doesn’t imply any withdrawal of support for the process started by Néstor Kirchner and continued during the current government of Cristina Fernández.”
Later on the report adds, “The Humanist Party is in complete agreement with the path the Argentina has taken towards integration of Latin American countries and supports the developments of Mercosur, UNASUR, CELAC and ALBA. Likewise, it repudiates the destabilising attempts of the minority opposition that promotes the neoliberalism that emerged from the Washington Consensus.”
“The Humanist Party has not yet defined candidates and is currently dealing with the preparations to fulfil the necessary requirements in order to be present,” continues the report.
In social networks a positive reception for the possibility to participate in PASO with an independent list can be seen on the part of a good number of party activists. Some members of the Party have been in contact with this Agency to say that, “this is an opportunity to go back and establish the fundamental issues that Humanism proposes in public debate.” And they recall that the attacks from the Judiciary against the Executive “show the need to carry out profound reforms in the judicial system and to expand democracy. The direct election of Judges and Police Commissioners could be a solution so that the will of the people can decide directly. Without forgetting the need to be able to revoke the mandates of those who demonstrate an opposite intention to what they promised to carry out in their election campaigns.”
