Elections marked by challenges and complaints

Millions of Mexicans went to the polls yesterday to renew six governorships of the country, some key elections for the country and that were marked by complaints of vote buying, abstentionism, violence, the ravages of hurricane “Agatha” and delays in the opening of elections. tables.

More than 11 million voters were summoned in more than 21 thousand polling places to elect the governors of Aguascalientes, Durango, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Tamaulipas and Quintana Roostates that will define the territorial control of the ruling party and the opposition towards the 2024 presidential elections.

The president of the National Electoral Institute (INE), Lorenzo Córdova, affirmed that the day was carried out “as planned”, including the participation of more than 147,000 citizens as poll workers and 4,618 electoral observers.

But the head of the autonomous body warned of “adversities”, such as insecurity, the COVID-19 pandemic and, in particular, the budget cuts that the ruling party has implemented.

“This electoral process has also meant for the electoral institutions the confirmation of an adverse reality and that is that, for at least three years, we have had to learn to navigate with strong winds,” he said.

Fisel

They register 30 complaints during the elections

Without giving details, the Special Prosecutor for Electoral Crimes (Fisel) reported that yesterday it received only one complaint for the commission of a federal crime, but in total there are 30 registered throughout the entire electoral process.
He indicated that the citizen attention services have captured 243 facts related to possible electoral crimes of the local order.

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