The official said that the situation forced him to come out “in defense” of the electoral institution, to publicly debate the virtues of the INE and to inform about the risks of Plan B
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Jacobo was forced to step down from his post upon the publication of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s contentious Plan B electoral law
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Now, as the INE and the TEPJF face erosion under the new Plan B electoral reform, Mexico’s Supreme Court has a unique historic opportunity to safeguard, with the Constitution well in hand, the integrity of those key arbitrators
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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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OPINION By KELIN DILLON Despite a recent decision by Mexico’s Electoral Court of the Judicial Power of the Federation (TEPJF) to prohibit the Mexican government from promoting the upcoming and controversial mandate revocation process through state-disseminated propaganda, the in-power National Regeneration Movement (Morena) – the leftist party of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) himself – has continually disregarded the
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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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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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