The Secretary General of the Organization of
American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, today opened the second day
of the Regional Forum "Strengthening Regulation of Political Parties
and Political Financing Systems in the Caribbean," with a call for
greater equity and transparency in the systems of political financing in
the region.

Political financing reform is necessary, said the
Secretary General, "not only for the consolidation of free and fair
elections, but for the strengthening of democracy." "This is not only
our duty, but our obligation so that the peoples of the Americas may
realize their aspiration for a fair, democratic system, and benefit from
the certainty of liberty and equality, which are intrinsic to democracy
and indispensable for greater freedom and justice," said the OAS
leader...