President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s constitutional reform in electoral matters was rejected in the Chamber of Deputies because it did not reach a qualified majority, since it had 269 votes in favor, 225 against and one abstention; However, lawmakers from Morena and allies are already preparing their Plan B discussion on this same issue.
During the discussion, the opposition parties—PAN, PRI, PRD and MC—rejected the president’s proposal and called it “regressive” for proposing “to eliminate the INE”; In addition, they criticized the fact that the deputies of Morena spent 20 million pesos in the open parliament of the electoral reform and that in the end they did not take into account the proposals of the experts.
Otherwise, the deputies of Morena and allies (PVEM and PT) defended the presidential proposal. Amid cries of “INE is going to touch each other!”, the morenistas said that this notice aims to save 6,244 million pesos in electoral matters, since it proposes to reduce the financing of political parties, to reduce the councilors elections and to reduce the number of federal and local legislators.
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What was the constitutional reform?
The electoral reform indicated that the National Electoral Institute (INE) would become the National Institute of Elections and Consultations (INEC) and its members would be elected by direct suffrage, as would the magistrates of the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Magistracy (TEPJF). .
The Local Electoral Public Bodies (OPLE) also disappeared after the installation of the INEC General Council. This last body would be in charge of both federal and local elections and would be made up of 7 and not 11 councilors like the INE currently.
The initiative proposed that the Chamber of Deputies be made up of 300 deputies, ie 200 less than the current ones; and the Senate by 96, ie 32 less, all elected by list ballot. This means that the relative majority of legislators will disappear and everything will be proportional representation, better known as multinominalization.
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