José Medina Mora Icaza, president of the Confederation of Employers of the Mexican Republic (Coparmex), assured that the approval of electoral reform through secondary laws opens the door for Mexico to go back decades in its democratic life and go back to one of his worst times as the undemocratic.
“We are particularly concerned about the bill, which has been approved by the ruling party, because if approved, it allows Mexico to set back decades in its democratic life and return to one of its worst times: that of anti-democracy”, declared the head of the bosses.
He affirmed that on the basis of international best practices, he asks all senators and political forces to reject the electoral reform proposal which aims to affect the autonomy and functioning of the National Electoral Institute (INE) and the Tribunal. Election of the Federal Judiciary (TEPJF) . ).
The representative of the employers’ union assured that Plan B, as the electoral reform promoted by the President of the Republic without changing the Constitution is called, removes powers from the electoral arbiter, generates incentives to commit irregular acts and electoral crimes, ease sanctions against parties and officials, and affect the structure of the Electoral Tribunal.
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The maneuver devised by Morena and the government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador to hastily and haphazardly approve electoral reform confronts millions of Mexicans and those who took to the streets in more than 50 cities on November 13, commented Chairman of Coparmex.
For the citizens of the country to enjoy their full freedoms, it is essential to enjoy a full and vigorous democracy recognized by all, he noted in a letter sent to the senators.
“It took more than 30 years for us Mexicans to build a reliable democratic system, with autonomous and independent citizen organizations such as the National Electoral Institute (INE) and the Federal Judicial Court. All INE decisions are reviewed or revised by the TEPJF, being one of the institutions that enjoys the widest national and international recognition,” said Medina Mora Icaza.
“We rejoice – like millions of Mexicans – that a constitutional reform in electoral matters has not been approved,” added the leader of Coparmex.
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He also pointed out that the initiative approved in the Chamber of Deputies with obvious errors, inaccuracies and unconstitutional elements disrupts the autonomy of electoral bodies, their independence to make decisions in strict compliance with the law and seriously violates their functioning.
“It puts at risk the fact of continuing to have our voting powers, compromising electoral competition and free elections and unrelated to post-election conflicts,” said the president of Coparmex.
He added that the bill received by the Senate of the Republic threatens the right to clean elections and to peaceful, transparent and reliable electoral processes, which recognize as legitimate winners those who have actually received the votes of Mexicans.
“It is not allowed to try to dismantle the INE and the local electoral bodies (OPLES) or to stifle them budgetaryly.”
He also said that now is not the time for electoral reform: “In-depth reform in this area must have the consensus of all political forces, pretending that only part of the ideological spectrum makes decisions means putting the impartiality at the risk of the arbitrator, which must be recognized, respected and respected by all and their decisions must be final once passed through the review of the Electoral Court”, underlined Medina Mora Icaza.
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