Modificación a la ley de partidos políticos: más (y mejor) de los mismo… pero sigue siendo lo mismo
Modificación a la ley de partidos políticos: más (y mejor) de los mismo… pero sigue siendo lo mismo
Authors
Beca Frei, Juan
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Date
2019-06-17
Datos de publicación:
10.7770/RCHDYCP-V8N2-ART1286
Keywords
Partidos políticos - Democracia - Financiamiento
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Abstract
Desde que está vigente la Ley Orgánica Constitucional de Partidos Políticos esta ha sufrido varias modificaciones, pero solo las últimas son de carácter sustantivo, las que siguen los lineamientos de la Comisión Engel y buscan democratizar la estructura de los partidos, acercarlos a la ciudadanía y mejorar así la calidad de la democracia. Se cambia la naturaleza jurídica de los partidos (que pasan de tener personalidad jurídica de derecho a privado a una de derecho público); se introducen algunas modificaciones en sus funciones y se muda el carácter del mandato de los parlamentarios, dando más relevancia a los partidos. Junto con ello se les concede a los mismos un financiamiento estatal de carácter permanente, pero como contrapartida, se observa un mayor nivel de intervención estatal en sus aspectos internos.
Todo ello, sin embargo, no recoge nuevas tendencias y cuestionamientos a las estructuras y concepciones tradicionales. Los partidos siguen siendo considerados como ideológicos, de masas, y siguen siendo mirados con desconfianza. Si bien se mejora la regulación, no se cambia el paradigma con que se construyó la ley durante la dictadura
Since the Organic Constitutional Law on Political Parties came in to effect, it has under gone several changes; however, only the last two can be considered essential. These follow the proposals of the Engel Commission, and seek to democratize parties’ structure, bringing them closer to citizens and thus improving the quality of democracy. The legal nature of political parties has been changed, since they are granted a public legal personality instead the private personality that they used to have; some changes in their role have been introduced, and the kind of mandate that the members of parliament have is also reformed, increasing parties’ relevance. Further more, parties are granted permanent public funding, although under the condition of accepting increased state intervention in their internal affairs. Nevertheless, the new regulations do not consider new tendencies and the current questioning of traditional structures and conceptions. Political parties are still considered to be ideological mass organizations, and are still viewed with mistrust. Although regulation is improved by the changes, the paradigm underlying the law passed by the dictatorship has not changed
Since the Organic Constitutional Law on Political Parties came in to effect, it has under gone several changes; however, only the last two can be considered essential. These follow the proposals of the Engel Commission, and seek to democratize parties’ structure, bringing them closer to citizens and thus improving the quality of democracy. The legal nature of political parties has been changed, since they are granted a public legal personality instead the private personality that they used to have; some changes in their role have been introduced, and the kind of mandate that the members of parliament have is also reformed, increasing parties’ relevance. Further more, parties are granted permanent public funding, although under the condition of accepting increased state intervention in their internal affairs. Nevertheless, the new regulations do not consider new tendencies and the current questioning of traditional structures and conceptions. Political parties are still considered to be ideological mass organizations, and are still viewed with mistrust. Although regulation is improved by the changes, the paradigm underlying the law passed by the dictatorship has not changed