That is why in March, the magistrates agreed to oblige the parties that, before the start of the next procedure to elect governorships, establish clear rules to apply the criterion of competitiveness in the nomination of candidates for that position, that is, that women are nominated for campaigns with more chances of being winners.
In addition, they linked the National Electoral Institute (INE) to verify that the national political parties issue the provisions on substantive parity based on the criterion of competitiveness, as well as to monitor their compliance in the nomination of candidates.
Last July, the INE approved various criteria in this regard and ordered the parties to nominate at least one woman in the gubernatorial candidacies for the elections in Coahuila and the State of Mexico. Dissatisfied with this, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) contested that decision.
In defending her project, Judge Mónica Soto stated: “I am concerned that we make a decision that leaves compliance with parity in these two electoral processes to free will because it has already been legislated, parity cannot be reversed.”
