Georgina Saldierna, Enrique Mendez and Roberto Garduno
Newspaper La Jornada
Thursday, October 27, 2022, p. 5
The Political Coordination Board (Jucopo) of the Chamber of Deputies integrated the working group with 21 members of the parties, with the exception of Movimiento Ciudadano, for the legislative route of the various initiatives in the field of electoral political reform
which will be in charge of reading, analyzing and discussing the 104 proposals that are archived in San Lázaro, in order to later elaborate a proposal that satisfies all the forces represented there.
Meanwhile, the national leader of the PRI, Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas, reiterated that the PI deputies and senators they will never vote for any change to the Constitution and electoral legislation that affects the National Electoral Institute (INE) and the Electoral Court of the Judicial Power of the Federation (TEPJF)
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For his part, his PAN counterpart, Marko Cortés Mendoza, stated that any reform
in the matter It must be the product of an in-depth analysis of the existing problems and challenges, and of a broad consensus between the parties and society.
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Likewise, he refuted the disqualifications that the federal government and Morena have attached to the report prepared by the Venice Commission, considering them an interference in the electoral affairs of the country. “The opinion of independent experts from international organizations, of which Mexico is a member, must be heard and taken into account, before the discussion of electoral reform, because they are warning us that plurality and democracy are being put at risk. in the country.
Legislators, political parties and all public servants involved must be responsible and support a broad and constructive debate that strengthens the INE, improves the party system and guarantees transparent, clean and fair elections. We agree with the observations made by the Venice Commission, the presidential initiative highlights various risks and threats to Mexican democracy, which has cost us decades to build.
The PRI supported the statement that any attempt to modify the organization and operation of the INE it will be impassable. Our democracy, which is the result of a historic struggle by all, will not take steps backwards, it will maintain its momentum and its destiny, which is to provide certainty and security to society in the field that is free to elect its rulers.
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Thus, the deputies who will work on the initiative are: for Morena, Sergio Gutiérrez, Hamlet García and Yeidckol Polevnsky; PAN, Jorge Espadas, Paulina Rubio and Jorge Triana; PVEM, José Estefan, Juan Carrillo and Fausto Gallardo; PT, Alfredo Femat and Benjamín Robles, and PRD, Elizabeth Pérez, Jesús Velázquez and Francisco Huacuz. Last night, the PRI had not yet defined the names of its three representatives.
