The national president of Morena, Luisa María Alcalde, announced that the party will present an unconstitutionality action against the “Wife Law”, through which in states such as San Luis Potosí and Nuevo León it is proposed that the next candidate for governor be a woman, which would benefit the wives of the current leaders Ricardo Gallardo and Samuel García.
In a press conference, Mayor Luján explained that the appeal will be filed before the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) in the coming days.
“The intention is for there to be a resolution from the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation to determine whether this type of reform, which today there are initiatives in several congresses, are constitutional or not.
We consider that they are not constitutional, that the Constitution already contains the mechanisms that guarantee parity and participation, the promotion of the participation of women in the different elected positions,” he stated this Thursday.
The so-called “Wife Law” establishes that for the 2027 elections, it would be appropriate to nominate a woman in states like San Luis Potosí, which would benefit Ruth González. And from that election onwards, the candidacy would alternate between a male candidate and a female candidate.
In Nuevo León, a similar initiative known as “Mariana Law” has also been presented, which establishes that by 2027 the candidacy would correspond to a woman.
The president of Morena explained that Mexico already has legislation that guarantees that women are nominated for popularly elected positions with parity, so in the next elections, in which 17 states will be in dispute, at least nine will have to be women.
“Of the 17 surveys that we do, probably, because we have very good profiles of women, they can win in the surveys more than nine, nine or more.
If more than nine women won, later we would no longer have to modify, but in the event that less than nine women won, we would have to adjust because all political parties must necessarily have nine candidates,” she indicated.
He considered that it is necessary for the Court to determine the constitutionality of the “Wife Law”, because it would violate the right to be voted.
“In the next few days we would be presenting the unconstitutionality action and that will allow the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation to determine the constitutionality of this type of reforms in such a way that, not only the case of San Luis Potosí, but that it is respected throughout the country,” he added.
