Nestor Jimenez
La Jornada Newspaper
Tuesday, January 13, 2026, p. 9
Among the 241 proposals for electoral reform, presented yesterday by the members of the General Council of the National Electoral Institute (INE), it is proposed to defend multi-member positions to guarantee “representativity” in Congress, and they supported the budget granted to both the electoral body and the political parties.
When delivering the document with the proposals to Pablo Gómez Álvarez, president of the Presidential Commission for Electoral Reform, counselor Martín Faz Mora proposed that the INE budget be indexed to the growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), “in such a way that this prevents budget variations due to non-technical criteria.”
Immediately, Gómez Álvarez discarded the proposal. He explained that those who calculate the GDP “know very well that the relationship between electoral needs and growth or decline of the economy has nothing to do with it. And if it decreases, what do we do? Do we take money from the institute? From the judicial bodies? Or what? We cannot index that way.”
They reject modifying constitutional deadlines
Other proposals were that the next judicial election not be concurrent with the midterm elections scheduled for next year. Asked about this, Gómez Álvarez said that “the constitutional calendar cannot be modified; we are not going to modify it because it would bombard judicial reform, and we are not going to do it.”
–Will the election be concurrent? –the president of the Presidential Commission was asked.
–We have not decided that. It will be in the corresponding year, which is next – he responded.
The councilors also asked to preserve the professional service in the institute and maintain the citizen character in the counting of votes and the organization of elections, as well as guaranteeing the autonomy of the institute.
Likewise, they considered that “we start from the fact that there will be multi-member deputations, regardless of the final resolution.”
Meanwhile, some of the councilors made statements in their personal capacity, which showed the difference of opinions within the General Council.
