The Legislature of Formosa approved a bill that declares the need to reform the local Constitution, which will be carried out next year. The Formosan Chamber of Deputies approved the proposal pushed by Governor Gildo Insfrán with 20 affirmative votes against 10 negative ones, which included legislators from the opposition blocks of the Broad Front of Formosa, the Civic Radical Union, the PRO, Freedom, Labor and New Country.
In this context, the proposal aims to enable the reform of the provincial Constitution enacted in 2003, with the purpose of establishing new regulations regarding the political rights of the people of Formosa, especially concerning the right to elect and be elected. The reform comes at a time when Formosa awaits a ruling from the Supreme Court of Justice that could impact the indefinite reelection of the governor, who is in his eighth consecutive term and faces unresolved cases pending before the country's highest court initiated by opposition leaders.
After the approval of the project, the provincial governor must call for constituent elections to define the representatives responsible for drafting the new Constitution. The project aims to "strengthen the representative, republican, and democratic system" by incorporating gender parity in provincial and municipal elective legislative positions, as well as the inclusion of fourth-generation rights.
Additionally, the proposal approved by a special majority seeks to reorganize state functions with the aim of consolidating a more effective and efficient administration, promoting modernization and innovation to provide superior responses to the needs of the community.
