The Pope on Campaign Financing

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Asked about when he plans to visit Argentina, Francis said that he wants to do so in 2016, but that it’s not set in stone because he has other trips to plan and countries to go to before.

Referring to the national elections his home country will have later this year, he asked for politicians to have a clear, concrete platform, to be honest when presenting their ideas, and to hold a “free, unfinanced campaign.”

“In the financing of electoral campaigns, many interests get into the mix, and then they send you the bill,” Francis said.

He also called for transparency in fundraising for political campaigns.

“Perhaps public financing would allow for me, the citizen, to know that I’m financing each candidate with a given amount of money,” he said. “Everything needs to be transparent and clean.”

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