BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Argentine President Cristina Fernandez on Wednesday presented an official project for policy reform, including obligatory internal open elections for the political parties.
Fernandez said the reform sought "a system of strong political parties, where the citizen feels he is participating and responsible, and if he votes for something, he knows that will be the management of the government.
"For the first time we propose the reform of the open elections system, obligatory for the political parties, before the general election, which will allow the participation of the society," Fernandez continued.
The Argentine electoral system had been questioned for directly choosing the electoral candidates, she explained.
Fernandez added that with this system, the citizens would have more responsibility by participating in the elections to choose the leader they want for the country.
A new fiscal regulation for the campaigns was also presented, which proposed that half of the free audio-visual spaces for the electoral campaigns would be equally distributed among the parties, and the other half would be distributed in proportion to the votes won in the previous elections, she announced.
Fernandez also denied that the project was "a tailor-made suit" for a candidate, adding that "the one who thinks he can win an election designing an electoral toll" was wrong.