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Supreme Court Reworks Judgment on INE’s Mandate Consultation

By KELIN DILLON On Wednesday, Feb. 2, Mexico’s Supreme Court (SCJN) ordered the autonomous National Electoral Institute (INE) to follow through with its mandate revocation consultation as far as the confines of its predetermined annual budget will allow it, and similarly created a protective shield for the INE’s General Council members from any criminal responsibility administrative action surrounding the process.

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Court Orders INE to Proceed with Revocation Mandate

By KELIN DILLON Just days after Mexico’s National Electoral Institute (INE) voted to postpone its public referendum on President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) mandate, the Supreme Court ordered the institute to continue on with the popular vote in a ruling on Wednesday, Dec. 22. The process, which has been wrought with controversy since its inception, as a number of

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Mexican Senate Passes AMLO’s Mandate Recall Bill

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s Senate on Friday, Sept. 3, approved President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) bill to conduct a public referendum midway through his six-year term to determine whether he should continue in power for the rest of his political mandate. The so-called Mandate Revocation Law passed Mexico’s upper legislative house after a long session of

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