The plenary session of the Electoral Tribunal of the Judicial Branch of the Federation (TEPJF)) declared, in a public session, the validity of the election of last June already Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo as President-elect.
The verdict was voted a favor by the six magistrates that make up the Upper Room, but with a reasoned vote of the magistrates Janine Otálora y Reyes Rodriguez.
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“First, the candidate is declared Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Nominated by the coalition Let’s Keep Making History, made up of the political parties of Labor, Green Ecologist of Mexico and Morena, she obtained the majority of votes in the election for the Presidency of the United Mexican States.
“Second, the election of the president of the United Mexican States is valid because it complies with the constitutional and legal principles; third, the citizen Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo meets the eligibility requirements set forth in Articles 82 and 83 of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States; fourth, it is declared to Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo “The first elected President of the United Mexican States to serve from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2030,” said the presiding judge of the Court, Mónica Soto Fregoso.
#EnBreve | The Plenary Session of the #SalaSuperior of the #TEPJF will begin the public session to issue the opinion regarding the counting of the election for the Presidency of the United Mexican States, declaration of validity of the election and of the president-elect.
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For her part, the judge Otálora He said that his commitment as a member of the electoral judicial power requires him to not only declare the validity, but also the failures during this process “so that they can be discussed and evaluated in contrast to the results of the vote.”
He criticized the start of the electoral process, scheduled for the September 7, 2023the two coalitions that obtained the majority of the votes decided to bring forward the process to select their candidates.
“Politics imposed its times on the deadlines of the law and neither the National Electoral Institute Neither the Electoral Court nor the Tribunal could stop this decision, so it was necessary to limit itself to trying to find a legal channel for an irregularity that completely exceeded the effectiveness of our electoral system.
“What was called a novel political process was nothing more than a phrase to avoid acknowledging the commission of a fraud against the law,” he said.
Since June 11 of last year, it continued Otálora, The political forces decided that it was appropriate to begin their processes to choose their candidates for the Presidency.
The magistrate Otálora He said it was particularly serious that the parties, who are supposed to be institutions that contribute to the defense of the public interest, designed carefully thought-out mechanisms to evade compliance with the law.
These, as expected, the magistrate added, soured the political climate and endangered the integrity of the electoral process.
The presiding judge of the TEPJF He expressed that with 59.76% of the vote for the winning candidate, her democratic rise to the position of head of the Federal Executive Branch and the conclusion of a presidential term and the renewal of the next one is achieved peacefully.
“A new stage of governability is beginning for the next federal public administration. Today, we can all be confident that the electoral authorities have fulfilled our mission: to provide certainty to the electoral results and guarantee respect for the decision taken at the polls on June 2, 2024.
“Thus, on this day we are pleased to note that the federal electoral process was carried out in accordance with the democratic standards of electoral integrity, but not without recognizing that we can also aspire to better standards of our beloved democracy without taking a step back in the guarantees of the rule of law,” said Soto Fregoso.
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