The General Council of National Electoral Institute (INE) approved the readjustments to its budget after the Legislature cut more than 13 billion pesos (mdp) for judicial election; will ask the president for an extension Claudia Sheinbaum.
At dawn on December 31, after a little more than 3 hours of extraordinary session that began on December 30, the councilors of the National Electoral Institute (INE) approved the adjustments, since it had been projected for the Extraordinary Electoral Process of the Judicial 13 thousand 205 million 143 thousand 620 pesos*, but it cut 52.90 percent, so the process will operate with 6 thousand 219 million 213 thousand 262 pesos.
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Hence Its 2025 budget was 27 thousand 56 million 755 pesos of which 7 thousand 354 million 266 thousand 504 pesos are the prerogatives of the political parties. Therefore, the INE will operate next year with 19 thousand 645 million 790 thousand 251.50 pesos. That is, 8 thousand 855 million 235 thousand 863 pesos less than what was requested from the Deputies.
To achieve this, the organization scissored:
- Popular Consultation Projects: 4 thousand 620 million 764 thousand 137 pesos
- Institutional Project Chart: 920 million 31 thousand 638 pesos
- Base Budget: 949 million 273 thousand 867 pesos
Added to this is a reduction of 54 million 766 thousand 972 pesos to the offices of the Legislative Councilors and representatives of Political Parties.
Hence, the Plenary Session approved requesting a budget increase from the President. In this regard, the president advisor of the INE, Guadalupe Taddei I trust that it will be achieved through dialogue:
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“I am aware and sure that the door that opens of communication with the Presidency of the Republic will bear fruit, fruits favorable to this institution and will guarantee the possibility of a budget expansion that was also worked on in parallel with this readjustment. Where we saw what it is inevitable to request and what we can postpone for another time, or postpone for the second semester.”
INE Council approves 4 Judicial Election designs
On the other hand, the Plenary Session of the INE only approved 4 designs of the Election of the Judicial, namely:
- Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation
- Magistrates of the Regional Chambers
- Superior Chamber of the Electoral Court of the Judicial Branch of the Federation
- Judicial Disciplinary Court
And for these there will be 2 sizes, letter and half letter; the first for the Court and the second for the other approved designs.
While, regarding the election of Circuit Magistrates and District Judges The original design and the 2 proposed modifications were not approved Therefore, it will be addressed in a session of the General Council.
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