Mexico’s Deputies and Senators Sworn Into Office
Now, with the oath of office taken by the elected officials, the National Regeneration Movement can push through its controversial judicial reform without opposition pushback
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Plan B’s Invalidation Prompts AMLO to Seek Plan C Electoral Reform
Following the Mexican Supreme Court’s decision to invalidate the first part of López Obrador’s Plan B electoral reform due to violations of the legislative process, López Obrador announced another sweeping electoral reform — known as Plan C — to the public
Read moreAMLO’s Controversial Electoral Reform Is Threat to Democracy
OPINION By KELIN DILLON After years of repeated talk about reforming Mexico’s electoral system, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced on Thursday, April 28, that he would be sending his new electoral reform legislation to Mexican Congress, which would replace the autonomous National Electoral Institute (INE) with an organization called the Institute of National Elections and Consultation, as
Read moreMorena Looks to Purge Mexico’s Electoral Institute
By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s in-power National Regeneration Movement (Morena), in an effort led by the party’s Senator Ricardo Monreal, will now look to reform the country’s General Council of the National Electoral Institute (INE) and the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judicial Power (TEPJF), removing all its current members in the process. “It is a very ambitious reform in electoral
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