Roberto Garduno
Newspaper La Jornada
Friday March 3, 2023, p. 9
He Official Journal of the Federation (DOF) published yesterday the decree signed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, which amends, adds, and repeals various provisions of the General Law on Electoral Institutions and Procedures, General Law on Political Parties, Organic Law on the Judiciary of the Federation, and the General Law of the Means of Challenge in Electoral Matters is issued.
In the early hours of Thursday, the 92-page document was published, which provoked a second cascade of challenges from the opposition to the government before the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN).
The document contains the package of legal reforms that has led to the most complex controversy between the presidency of the Republic and the parties that claim uncleanliness in the approval process in Congress and in its content in the face of the federal elections in 2024. Same that will not be applicable in the electoral processes of the state of Mexico and Coahuila this year.
The electoral reform, known as plan B, It touches the structure of the National Electoral Institute (INE), and when it enters into force, since yesterday, it eliminates the executive secretary of the INE, Edmundo Jacobo, from the structure of the electoral body.
Among the changes included in the electoral norm and whose application is reflected in the transitory articles, the repeal of the General Law of the System of Appeals in Electoral Matters stands out, published on November 22, 1996 in the Official Journal of the Federation; all those provisions that oppose the aforementioned decree are repealed. This will not be applicable in the electoral processes of the state of Mexico and Coahuila; the disbursements generated by the entry into force of this decree will be charged to the budget approved by the National Electoral Institute, therefore additional resources will not be authorized for such purposes or in subsequent fiscal years.
It is established that the INE will guarantee that the organic restructuring that derives from the decree is carried out with full respect for the labor rights of the workers who are assigned under any labor regime. To cover the payment of possible compensation, the resources that make up the labor liability and real estate infrastructure trusts of the National Electoral Institute will be allocated.
So, Given the modification of the powers of the Executive Secretariat with the entry into force of the decree, the person holding said position will cease to hold office as of its publication.
and no later than the ordinary session of May 2023, the INE General Council will issue a single regulation that regulates the operation of its organic structure, as well as the organization and operation of the General Council commissions and the Institute’s bodies.
Also, from the entry into force of the decree, the INE will carry out a new calculation and comprehensive review of the salary tabulators of its personnel and local public bodies, to be applied within 180 days following the referred date, with in order to adjust the remunerations to the limits established in article 127 of the Constitution.
