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Morena Promotes Mandate Revocation through Mexican Army

By KELIN DILLON Less than a week after Mexico’s Electoral Court of the Judicial Power of the Federation (TEPJF) prohibited the federal government and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) administration from promoting April 10’s upcoming mandate revocation through government propaganda, the Mexican government has come under fire for using military planes, the National Guard and Army generals to

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AMLO Announces Reform to Publicly Elect Electoral Counselors

By KELIN DILLON Following an extended controversy with Mexico’s autonomous organization the National Electoral Institute (INE), especially surrounding the upcoming mandate revocation process, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) took to his daily morning press conference on Tuesday, March 29, to announce his intentions to reform Mexican legislation to grant electoral magistrates and judges their seats through a public

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INE Requests 1.7 Billion Pesos from Treasury for Consultation

By KELIN DILLON In order to fulfill its obligations to hold a public mandate revocation consultation as ordered by Mexico’s Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judicial Power (TEPJF), the autonomous National Electoral Institute (INE) is expected to request 1.73 billion pesos from the Secretary of Finance in order to follow through on the requested vote. The INE had previously canceled

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