AMLO will send another initiative if there are “serious” changes to electoral plan B

Nestor Jimenez and Emir Olivares

Newspaper La Jornada
Friday December 9, 2022, p. 5

If they are serious the additional modifications approved in San Lázaro in electoral matters, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said yesterday that he will ask that removeand even offered to send another initiative.

In his conference yesterday, the president was asked about the changes endorsed by the deputies of Morena and his allies from PT and Verde Ecologista, who were not part of the project he presented.

These reforms, negotiated by the three allied factions, allow political parties to maintain their registration even without obtaining 3 percent of the vote in federal elections, but they do achieve 3 percent of the local votes in 17 states.

In addition, they authorize them to keep as savings part of the resources that have not been exercised in a fiscal year to use them the next.

López Obrador asked to wait for a review of the bill sent to the Senate; He announced that the Secretary of the Interior, Adán Augusto López Hernández, will again attend the conference at the National Palace today to explain the content of what was approved by the deputies at dawn on Wednesday.

This clears up…

I call that there are no distortions and that it is analyzed well, because there is a lot of manipulation.

The head of the Executive reproached that the Conservatives they manipulated millions to sustain an onerous bureaucratic apparatus. An assistant in the morning told him that with the approved reserves this apparatus is reinforced, to which he replied: “no, not that. That is one thing… If it were as you propose, it is a minimal matter. He would even tell you: if it is serious, I myself would suggest that it be removed, because we are truly democrats, not fakers.

Similarly, he added that this clears up. And if it is serious, I offer to send another initiative, to say: I did not propose that, and it is removed.

He indicated that he was not informed of the changes added to his proposal by the deputies of the majority. They don’t have to obey meHe replied to another question. It is that they are representatives of the people, and each one acts freely.

Questioned about the position of the coordinator of Morena in the Senate, Ricardo Monreal -in coincidence with the opposition-, of ruling on the draft without haste, López Obrador trusted that the electoral reform will advance. If it is not approved, everyone will assume their responsibility.

He added that “if a senator says: ‘no, I’m not going to vote,’ or two, or three, or five, or 10, or 20, well, that’s them. Only that they must take charge of their actions and it is the people who decide, as it is in a true democracy”.

– Could it be taken as a bargaining chip with a view to 2024? –She was asked.

-No, not that. That is politicking. Here everyone has to act based on principles and ideals, and these are not negotiated, nor is dignity.

The president endorsed that he sent the proposal to Congress because he does not want to appear as an accomplice and remain silent, since it would be validating the whole campaign of lies that have been used to maintain an undemocratic regime.