By KELIN DILLON While the controversial electoral reform presented by Mexico’s in-power National Regeneration Movement (Morena) and President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has been widely rejected by opposition parties, the international community and the Mexican electorate alike, Morena has now encountered another roadblock to its proposed electoral reform to the Mexican Constitution – this time in the form of
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By KELIN DILLON Just one week after hacktivist group Guacamaya leaked the Mexican Secretariat of Defense’s (Sedena) intentions to create its own self-run airline to the public, Mexico’s in-power party, the National Regeneration Movement (Morena), proposed a legislative reform that would allow the Sedena to run both a commercial airline and operate the nation’s airports at the same time. First
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By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE An interesting dichotomy has been going on in Mexico since the summer of 2020 at the intersection of Mexico City’s two most prominent avenues: Reforma and Insurgentes. The large white building on that corner is the Mexican Senate, both the symbol and space to deliberate and pass laws that take into account the common good
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By KELIN DILLON As widespread political debate over Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) proposed reform to the country’s electricity legislation, which would grant the state-owned electricity company, the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE), a 54 percent market share compared to 46 percent by the private sector, both AMLO and CFE CEO Manuel Bartlett Díaz have spoken publicly in its
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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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By RICARDO CASTILLO The first complete draft for a viable law that allows for military participation in civilian policing activities was unanimously approved by the Mexican Senate last week. That step, however, is only the first move for the bill. Originally, the lower house Chamber of Deputies had sent a draft that had been sent to them by President Andrés
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Even though it’s been approved by the Chamber of Deputies, and will surely be fast-tracked by the Mexican Senate, the integration of the National Guard (GN) remains a farfetched endeavor. The approved bill provides for the GN to section off Mexico into 266 different commands. Initially, the National Guard will be made up of as many as 50,000 officers from the
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