They ask that the INE budget be increased to organize the election of judicial officials

by times news cr

2024-07-17 13:12:40

In the face of the imminent election of judges, magistrates y ministersthe deputy president of the Political Reform Commission of the Chamber of Deputies, Graciela Sanchez Ortiz (Morena) called for the budget to be increased National Electoral Institute (INE) next year.

“I think that it should take a little more analysis to see how this electoral process for the candidates to the Judicial Branch is going to be implemented; as far as we had reviewed, but it was not contemplated, whether the budget of the National Electoral Institute could be reduced, but now considering that it is another (election process) it would have to be reviewed,” said the legislator.

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Interviewed after presenting the final activity report of the commission he chairs, spoke out in favor of reviewing again the possibility of cutting the INE and “accounts are done” in order to successfully carry out the election of officials of the Power of attorney.

“Now that the budget arrives, we should discuss this so that there is not a decrease but rather an increase so that everything goes well,” said Sánchez Ortiz.

For this year, the INE requested from the beginning 37 thousand 770 million pesosbut the deputies decided to approve only 32 thousand 767 million pesos, a decrease of 13.2% of what the institute itself considered was required for this year in which the largest elections in the history of the country were held.

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However, the amount approved by the lower house represented a 54% increase compared to the 2023 budget, which was not an election year.

Questioned about the reform that the next president of the country is promoting to eliminate the re-election of legislatorsSánchez Ortiz mentioned that there are advantages and disadvantages of the proposal, although he assured that he is in favor of the initiative.

“Each of us has to prepare ourselves to know that everything has advantages and disadvantages, right? Because in reality, whoever wants to continue participating in policysince there are many other positions to which they can migrate and then they will no longer be prevented from being able to occupy a position.

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“The disadvantages are that it can also become a practice and there is no longer a true commitment to citizens; one of the advantages is the professionalization“That is an advantage, but the disadvantage is that other people and colleagues are no longer given the opportunity to participate,” said the legislator.

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2024-07-17 13:12:40

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