The green light was given with three votes in favor and two votes against, with Felipe de la Mata, Mónica Soto, and Felipe Fuentes supporting the initiative and Janine Otálora and Reyes Rodríguez Mondragón opposing it
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However, the TEPJF voted in favor of retaining the senatorial candidacy of the National Action Party’s Ricardo Anaya despite his own alleged criminal controversies
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The new segment, called “I don’t say it,” will play video clips of the Mexican federal executive’s political opponents during López Obrador’s daily morning press conference
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According to Jucopo president and the National Regeneration Movement’s parliamentary coordinator Ignacio Mier, the INE electoral process will not be resolved until on or after Feb. 1
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By KELIN DILLON Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) controversial “Plan B” electoral reform to Mexico’s secondary laws passed through the Mexican Senate on Wednesday, Dec. 14, with 63 votes in favor and 53 votes against, setting the stage for López Obrador to follow through on his long-term intentions to prune back the powers of the country’s autonomous electoral
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By KELIN DILLON While Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) National Regeneration Movement (Morena) managed to squeeze its controversial ‘plan b’ electoral reforms into passage by the Chamber of Deputies thanks to a last-minute legislative presentation and vote on the matter in the early hours of Wednesday, Dec. 7, Morena’s fast-tracked course of action has received major backlash from
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By KELIN DILLON Following Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) failure to sufficiently reach the two-thirds majority needed to pass his controversial electoral reform to the Mexican Constitution in the Chamber of Deputies, the federal executive followed through on his intentions to impose a “plan b” electoral reform to the nation’s secondary laws in the early hours of Wednesday,
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By KELIN DILLON After the cancellation of the controversial candidacy of Guerrero gubernatorial hopeful and alleged rapist Félix Salgado Macedonio by the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary (TEPJF), the National Regeneration Movement (Morena) needed to quickly hunt down a replacement for the post, and apparently found it in Salgado Macedonio’s eldest daughter, Evelyn Salgado Pineda, despite heavy criticism from
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By KELIN DILLON Tuesday, April 24, was a difficult day for Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and his so-called Fourth Transformation, when a multitude of setbacks came crashing down on his plans for Mexico’s future, leaving López Obrador in a fury and his leftist National Regeneration Movement (Morena) party in a tailspin. First and foremost, controversial Morena hopefuls
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By KELIN DILLON The Complaints Commission of the National Electoral Institute of Mexico (INE) had its warning to Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) revoked by the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary (TEPJF) in a ruling on Tuesday, Dec. 15. The INE’s original preventative protection warning came on Friday, Dec. 5, after AMLO continually voiced his distaste for
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