The president of the Bolivian Chamber of Deputies, Freddy Mamani, announced this Sunday that a commission will be formed to investigate the polling companies that in the last elections released “data that does not agree with reality.”
The information was offered by Mamani in a press conference accompanied by other deputies of the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS), who said that next week a mixed commission of legislators will be created to investigate the work of polling companies, the methodology they use. to carry out the surveys, the universe surveyed, the margin of error, among other technical data.
The legislative leader indicated: “When we are close to the elections, call them national or sub-national, there are these companies that are showing a series of data that does not agree with reality.”
The deputies will evaluate “the role of the polling companies” on “the margins of errors and responsibility”.
The president of the Bolivian Chamber of Deputies, Freddy Mamani, announced this Sunday that a commission will be formed to investigate the polling companies that in the last elections released “data that does not agree with reality.”
The information was offered by Mamani in a press conference accompanied by other deputies of the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS), who said that next week a mixed commission of legislators will be created to investigate the work of polling companies, the methodology they use. to carry out the surveys, the universe surveyed, the margin of error, among other technical data.
The legislative leader indicated: “When we are close to the elections, call them national or sub-national, there are these companies that are showing a series of data that does not agree with reality.”
According to the legislator, these polling companies “use false data to influence public opinion” without having an “approach to the reality of the actual intention of the vote,” reads the statement from the Chamber of Deputies.
The announcement comes on the eve of Bolivian citizens going to the polls on March 7 to elect governors, mayors, departmental assembly members and councilors for the nine regions of the country.
Source: Telesur
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