2024-07-03 09:28:55
The election day of June 2 was well organized and showed a strong spirit democratic between citizenship; Despite budgetary restrictions, the Electoral Institute of Mexico City (IECM) maintained quality standards, the report highlights. Accompaniment Program for Foreign Observers and Visitors.
During the session of the IECM General Council sand the document was broken down where 89 specialists of various nationalities highlighted the high citizen participation to cast their vote in the capital, considering it an encouraging sign of the democratic evolution in the City.
Observers said that despite budgetary constraints, the body ensured elections that were perceived as inclusive and efficient.
“The IECM’s ability to effectively manage resources and maintain high standards of quality in the electoral process deserves recognition,” they added.
In the evaluation, they also identified areas for improvement in accessibility, logistics and management of polling stations, as well as in the implementation of electronic voting to continue strengthening the transparency and efficiency of the electoral processes.
During June 2nd, the Accompaniment Mission She observed the elections in different parts of the 16 municipalities, visiting 69 polling stations to analyze different aspects such as organization, technology, accessibility and political participation of women.
Key criteria considered were the inclusion of at least one special polling station, one more located in an indigenous community, visits to most of the mayor’s offices, preference for polling stations with high historical participation, the guarantee that the boxes were in an open space and that observers could carry out this democratic exercise.
Of the 89 specialists (49 women and 40 men) who accompanied the event, 52 belong to the IECM Observation Network and the general public; while 37 were foreign visitors from Angola, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Spain, the United States, Guatemala, Honduras, Paraguay, Peru, the Dominican Republic, Uruguay and Venezuela.
Reports from foreign observers and visitors will be published in the book “Citizen Perspective”, which is prepared by the Directorate of Liaison with External Organizations and aims to make visible the scope, recommendations and suggestions of the participants.
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2024-07-03 09:28:55