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Checks and balances: electoral management bodies as the third dimension of accountability in Latin America

The article focuses on the inclusion of the Electoral Management Bodies (EMBs) as the Fourth Branch of Power in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. These bodies have powers to ensure an impartial electoral administration, but also to control and fight non-democratic practices exercised b...

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Main Author: Lembke, Magnus (author)
Other Authors: Vargas Gamboa, Nataly Viviana (author)
Format: article
Language:English
Published: 2024
Subjects:
Checks and Balances
Electoral Management Bodies
Vertical Accountability
Horizontal Accountability
Pesos y contrapesos
Separación de poderes
Órganos electorales
Rendición de cuentas
Freios e contrapesos
Separação de poderes
Órgãos eleitorais
Prestação de contas
SISTEMA ELECTORAL
PODER POLITICO
ADMINISTRACION DE LA ECONOMIA
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12008/47231
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Summary:The article focuses on the inclusion of the Electoral Management Bodies (EMBs) as the Fourth Branch of Power in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. These bodies have powers to ensure an impartial electoral administration, but also to control and fight non-democratic practices exercised by the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. Our objective is to understand both their reciprocal oversight relationship with the traditional branches, and their place in the vertex where Horizontal and Vertical Accountability converge. We conclude that the EMBs execute the Third Dimension of Accountability; being highly important for rebuilding functional democracies they are under increasing attack by political powers. Our main contribution is to insert the EMBs in the theoretical discussions on Checks and Balances.

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