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Local Goverments
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Explain the political-administrative characteristics of the provincial, municipal, and parish governments of the country, highlighting their closeness to the people and their ability to address local issues.
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Cantons
The term local government refers to all those who manage the specific territory of a circumscription usually smaller than a province, that is to say, those of the cantons and urban and rural parishes.
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As for parishes, there is a difference between urban and rural parishes in terms of their organization and governance.
Urban parishes: they are simply administrative divisions of the canton and do not have their own authorities, either elected by the people or appointed by the authority.
Rural Parishes: Each of the rural parishes has a parish council. This is made up of by popularly elected members and is presided over by the member who has received the most votes in the election (Article 255 of the Constitution).
The parish councils also have normative powers, that is to say, they can issue regulations, agreements, and resolutions, valid for their respective territorial constituencies and within the scope of their competencies.