He adds that the proportional representation- as are currently chosen to a part of the deputies and senators- Yes, it gives the opportunity for all political forces to have seats and seats according to the vote they have obtainedso it emphasizes that this figure cannot be supplied by the first minority.
The current legislative composition
Currently, the Chamber of Deputies is made up of 500 legislatorsof which 300 are chosen by relative majoritywhich is by direct vote of citizens, and 200 by proportional representationdetermined by lists that select political parties.
In the Senate, 64 of the 128 legislators are by relative majority, which is direct vote of citizens; 32, by principle of the first minoritywhich is that candidate who obtained second place in the vote in each state, and 32 by proportional representation, which are through the lists of the matches.
Among the proposals advanced by the Federal President for its electoral reform is to disappear to the 200 deputies and 32 senators “Pluris”since these legislators are not going to seek the vote to the district or state they want to represent, but obtain their place according to the vote that their party has obtained.
“It is very important that it be reviewed; and that the theme of the multinominals, also, of the lists of plurinominals is reviewed. I have put the example of, in Mexico City it has a – and also other states – has a scheme of recognition of the minorities where The second place access the space that corresponds to the political party, the same has the Senate of the Republicbut the problem is the lists of multinominals, “he said on June 25 in morning conference
After that, there are already some approaches to replace these “Pluris” legislators. The president of Morena, Luisa María Mayor, He commented that an option is the first or even third minority principle.
“What model can we think for Mexico where there is a plural representativeness, but ideally that we have to go to ask for the vote? What models exist since they could be rethink? For example, that instead of a multinominal list, the second losers enter, or there is a list of third parties and loser rooms, but finally everyone goes to territory and asks for the vote,” he said on August 7.
From the opposition there is also the same proposal. The PAN Marko Cortés He also points out that the reform must boost the reduction or disappearance of legislators by proportional representation, but, he emphasizes that these must be compensated with “plural representation”, that is, there are figures such as the first minority.
“To guarantee plurality is what should be achieved in this reform and avoid overrepresentation. It is clear that overrepresentation did enormous damage to the country: how to prevent a party that by itself did not have the qualified majority or with the coalition, have the qualified majority. That the number of votes with the number of representatives is comparable,” he says.
