The constitutional reform that López Obrador presented caused controversy because it sought to create the National Institute of Elections and Consultations (INEC) to replace the INE. In addition, the INE advisers and the magistrates of the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary would be elected through popular vote.
While “Plan B”, which consists of an initiative to reform secondary laws, has unleashed criticism because it is a legal reform that seeks to modify six secondary laws, with which it is proposed to reduce by 3,500 million pesos the INE budget to achieve savings of 5,000 million pesos, when considering local electoral organizations and the Electoral Tribunal.
In addition, it eliminates the duplication of functions of the administrative areas of the National Electoral Institute and the 300 district offices are reduced to 264.
It is expected that in February Congress will restart the discussion on four “Plan B” laws that were frozen, which is why a new mobilization has been called with which it also seeks to demand from the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation ( SCJN) to resolve the constitutional controversies that opposition parties such as the PAN and the PRD have promoted against this reform.
The concentration also seeks to warn that “the risk to democracy continues”, due to – it warns – the election of four new INE directors, a process that will be underway by the end of February and will conclude on April 4.
Will there be a dress code?
Like the one in the last march in which attendees were asked to wear pink, in this second mobilization the same request was made.
