“Second, the cost of elections. All local elections have gone up in cost since it was centralized. Third, the quick counts, because it has been a problem, and they have made very serious mistakes, and I will give you an example, that of Coahuila, the quick count forced by the INE, was terribly wrong and generated a governance crisis in my state”, He said.
He argued that another error is the printing of large volumes of electoral stationery, which remains unused “because it does not correspond to the reality of the states.” He also mentioned other provisions that “generate costs that are sometimes not in state budgets.”
Moreira Valdez explained that because “electoral centralism is of great concern, because it undermines the sovereignty of the states, undermines the finances of the states and it is a mockery of the federal pact,” the PRI is preparing its own initiative for electoral reform.
He immediately assured that “it is not that we are sorry” for the 2014 electoral reform that eliminated the local electoral institutes and created the Local Public Electoral Organizations (OPLEs) but asked that the previous scheme return.
For this reason, in a reform, he proposed that the electoral advisers and the electoral magistrates of the states once again be appointed locally.
Electoral centralism is very worrying, because it undermines the sovereignty of the states.”
Rubén Moreira, coordinator of the PRI caucus in the Chamber of Deputies
“This thing about the OPLES, is appointed by the INE and paid for by the state. Do you think it’s okay? No, it’s not right… Is it right for a State court to be appointed by the Senate? A Senate that is not the original where the states had equal weight. I think it needs to be discussed, ”she pronounced.
