With the vote against the parties National Action (PAN), Institutional Revolutionary (PRI) and Citizen Movement (MC), the majority of Morena and its legislative allies approved the reforms to the General Law of Institutions y Electoral Procedures already Means of Challenge Law in electoral matters, through which the procedure for the election of judges, magistrates and ministers is regulated.
The Morena senators had to withdraw a modification proposed and approved by them a day before, in the discussion in Commissions and that granted the right of veto to the holders of the powers of the Union to partially or totally reject the lists of candidates for positions of judges, magistrates and ministers chosen by the Evaluation Committees.
In the morning, at her press conference, the president Claudia Sheinbaum pointed out that no veto should be given to the candidates, a position that was evidenced during the discussion by the senator of the PAN, Ricardo Anaya.
“And even against the will of the president of the Republic, some goblin within the ruling party, proposes a reform to article 500 numeral 8 to radically modify that procedure… the deception and the lie (is that) they add a step that did not exist in the constitutional reform, they send it to the corresponding power, example to this Senate of the Republic, the list of 10 and they give the Senate the power to say which of those 10 goes on the ballot and which does not go on the ballot.
Given this, the senator of Morena, Ignacio Mier, He said that his party is “in favor of returning to the content of the reformed constitutional text, approved by the majority of the members of this plenary session in a qualified vote.”
By introducing a reservation to the original opinion, article 45 of the General Law of Electoral Institutions and Procedures to grant greater powers to the Presidency of the General Council of the National Electoral Institute (INE).
In this way, among the new powers that the president of the electoral body will have is the appointment of the executive directors and other heads of technical units of the Institute.
With this, the INE Presidency The appointment of the Executive Directors and other holders of technical units will no longer be submitted to the General Council for consideration.
Furthermore, he points out that the General Council of the INE will be the one who delivers the certificates of majority to the winning candidates and the declaration of validity of the respective election, a power currently held by the Electoral Tribunal of the Judicial Branch of the Federation (TEPJF).
The approved opinions will be sent to the Chamber of Deputies for discussion and eventual approval.