Today, in an ordinary session, counselor Arturo Castillo put the issue on the table in the general affairs section, and asked to demystify the public discourse that claims that the INE unjustifiably wanted to have more resources than what was spent in last June’s election, ” the greatest in history.”
“It is not true that in the last election more than 20,000 federal positions were elected. In the 2024 federal election, 629 federal positions were elected; The remaining 20,079 state positions effectively corresponded to strictly local positions and the costs of their election were covered by each state of the Republic.”
He explained that the federal election did not cost 9,000 million pesos, including the financing of the parties, but 19,799 million pesos. And without resources for the parties, 9,355 million pesos just for the organization.
Other councilors set their position on the statement that “excessive resources” were requested, as stated by President Claudia Sheinbaum.
The presiding counselor, Guadalupe Taddei, assured that the INE has already sufficiently explained the spending needs, so she did not support that it is time to make the details, and in total ten of the eleven counselors assured that even with readjustments the INE would have to fail to comply with other of its legal powers.
“But touching the base budget, that is, that we have to use our own resources could be considered an unjustifiable diversion of resources, which will undoubtedly lead us to responsibilities,” warned counselor Jorge Montaño.
“There is a limit between what is really possible and what is materially impossible,” said the counselor when proposing that they should request a budget increase from the Ministry of Finance, to which other counselors joined.
Councilor Jaime Rivera recalled that between what was requested, what was cut and without taking the financing for the parties, the “net cut amounted to 8,855 million pesos”, and therefore if the multiple functions of the INE are considered, this “ “4,350 million pesos would be left” for the election, which is “clearly insufficient.”
Even so, “it would be impossible to carry out the elections in optimal conditions. The INE makes elections. It does not work miracles, the INE will act responsibly to make the adjustments that are possible to provide resources for these judicial elections.”
Rivera indicated that the INE will act responsibly to fulfill its powers, but “the legislative majority will also have to assume the consequences of its decisions.”
This, however, was responded to by Morena’s deputy and advisor to the Legislative Branch, Sergio Gutiérrez, who said that that phrase was a threat.
