The Embassy of Ecuador has requested the Government of Spain to extend the deadline for registering on electoral lists for foreigners who wish to exercise their right to vote in municipal elections of May 22, 2011 .
A communication to this effect was sent last Friday, January 7, by Ambassador Galo Chiriboga Zambrano to senior vice president and Spain's Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba.
In his letter, the diplomat reminded that the registration on the electoral register is a prerequisite for them to vote in the upcoming municipal elections Ecuadorian citizens and other nationals resident in Spain, whose countries have signed agreements in this field.
The deadline for registration referred to began last December 1 and will run until January 15, 2011, including at this time the Christmas holidays and New Year's Eve and other administrative problems in were ever made known to the Central Electoral Board, which has caused some Ecuadorians have not been able to make the appropriate registry.
The drawbacks alluded to refer to the certificate requirement residence issued by a Police Station as an additional requirement for the registration of foreigners in the electoral roll, certified by the Ecuadorian embassy knew, was delivered to interested parties within 25 days.
For these reasons, Ambassador Chiriboga Zambrano requested in its letter to the Vice President Pérez Rubalcaba "to consider extending the registration period."
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