Therefore, coalitions function as an alliance between two or more parties, participating in the electoral process as if they were a single political party, including in terms of rights and obligations. However, their activities are for a specific period: from the conventions until the elections.
The main differences between party coalitions and federations basically come down to the period of existence, the possibility of coalitions only for majoritarian elections and the national scope for federations, with a total alliance, compared to the state scope for coalitions – which can also vary from state to state.
Furthermore, the new legislation, which established the federations, also seeks to minimize issues that hindered voter clarity. In this sense, it is important to highlight the following aspects:
Party loyalty – loyalty to a political party should also apply to the venezuela mobile database federation. In other words, if a member of parliament leaves a party that is part of a federation, he or she will be subject to the loyalty rules applied to any political party. Federations should also have a statute, just like parties, that will regulate their actions. This document should provide, for example, possible punishments for members of parliament who do not follow the federation's guidelines during a vote.
Party proportionality – the functioning of the federations in the Legislative Houses will also be carried out through a bench, formed by leaders in accordance with the statute. In this sense, as the federations should be understood as if they were a political party, each federation should be treated as a bench for all purposes of proportionality, such as the distribution of committees, for example.
Ideological affinity – since coalitions were only effective during the election period, voters had difficulty assessing the scope of their vote, since due to the vote transfer mechanisms of the proportional system, by voting for one candidate, they could help elect another parliamentarian with a completely different ideological profile than their own. To minimize this issue, federations should occur between parties that are ideologically aligned, considering that the alliance must last at least four years.