Lorenzo Córdova prepares the INE for the Electoral Reform to come into operation

Lorenzo de Córdova said that the INE will make a report on AMLO’s Plan B (Photo: EFE / Sáshenka Gutiérrez)

Lorenzo Córdova, President of the INE, announced that the General Council of the Institute began a series of meetings with the regional electoral bodies in order to discuss the probable impacts that the Electoral Reform of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) will have.

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The electoral adviser warned of the attacks on democracy, because “we saw it in the US a couple of years ago, we just saw it in Brazil”

According to the official, members of the different electoral constituencies participate in these meetings and their objective is to establish criteria in common with the national leadership of the decentralized body before the imminent entry into force of the provisions approved by the Congress of the Union for the elections. of 2024.

“These are meetings with the staff of the Electoral Professional Service, who with their work and commitment, make it possible to have free, authentic, fair and credible elections”

The counselors and counselors of the @INEMexico We have started regional meetings with the decentralized structure of the institute to exchange ideas and information on the impacts that the legislative reforms recently approved in the Congress of the Union will have. pic.twitter.com/KvqZRs7y51

— Lorenzo Córdova V. (@lorenzocordovav) January 22, 2023

Also known as AMLO’s Plan B, this series of modifications to the Mexican electoral legal framework will impact the technical procedures to carry out the elections, which is why those involved in said processes must analyze the political-electoral reform of the President López Obrador and how they could operate in the face of the cuts that could come into force for the electoral processes that will define the next presidency.

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The PAN members pointed out that the electoral process should start in September 2023 but with the modification of “Plan B” it would go until November

It should be remembered that AMLO’s Plan B does not modify the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States (CPEUM), but reforms the General Law of Electoral Institutions and Procedures, General of Political Parties and Organic Law of the Judiciary; and issues the General Law on the Means of Challenge in Electoral Matters.

For this reason, the Institute’s way of operating has been disrupted in the last nine years, which is why the members of the regional organizations expressed different doubts in order to carry out their institutional tasks. Likewise, Córdova Vianello, who will leave his position in April of this year, elaborated on the difficulties that these provisions represent.

INE will implement “austerity measures” to save more than 200 million pesos after budget cuts

Lorenzo Córdova explained that, based on the measures of rationality and savings goals, his will seek to correct the deficit resulting from the cut of 4 thousand 475 million pesos applied by the Chamber of Deputies

In this regard, he identified changes in technical procedures, respect for labor rights and the institutional capacity to carry out the elections in a reliable manner, for which the official announced that the meetings between the General Council and regional organizations will continue to take place to make publish a detailed report that explains the factual modifications that the INE would suffer due to Plan B of the Electoral Reform.

AMLO’s initiative will enter into force for the 2024 elections (Photo: EFE / Francisco Guasco)

Finally, he reiterated that, in the context of the presidential initiative endorsed by the National Regeneration movement (Morena) in the Congress of the Union, members of the opposition and organized civil society will promote constitutional controversies before the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation ( SCJN) to invalidate everything that contravenes the Magna Carta or violates democracy.

In this regard, it is highlighted that the initiative endorsed by Morena and its allies (PT and PVEM), promises savings of 5 billion pesos just by avoiding unnecessary bureaucracy and duplication of functions between the INE and the Local Public Bodies (OPLEs); however, Plan A, proposed savings of up to 15 billion pesos per year compared to the current administration of the Institute.

Finally, on January 15, Córdova Vianello clarified that this year’s local elections, where Coahuila and the State of Mexico (EdoMex) will renew their governorship, will be held in accordance with the electoral legislation in which the 2018 and 2021 elections were held. and 2022. This means that the AMLO Electoral Reform will not apply to the 2023 elections, since it will not enter into the constitutional times established by Mexican law, in such a way that the INE will coordinate with the OPLEs of said entities to guarantee the neatness in the processes.

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