Chamber of Deputies rejects the constitutional electoral reform

The Chamber of Deputies rejected this Tuesday the electoral reform promoted by the president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

Around 7:00 p.m., the plenary session determined that the minutes had been sufficiently discussed, so the system was opened for general voting.

The opinion added 269 votes in favor, 225 once morest and one abstention, but it did not reach the supermajority required for its approval, as it is of a constitutional nature.

The administration of Lopez Obrador He delivered this same Tuesday to the Lower House the so-called ‘Plan B’, which contemplates reforming secondary laws and would only require a simple majority for its approval.

The reform initiatives are expected to be explained by Adán Augusto López, Secretary of the Interior, in the morning conference on Wednesday.

The president of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Deputies, Santiago Creel, convened a second “semi-face” session to discuss the reforms to the secondary laws.

The Constitutional reform rejected this Tuesday, which Lopez Obrador presented last April, generated controversy because it would create the National Institute of Elections and Consultations (INEC) to replace the current National Electoral Institute (INE), an autonomous body that emerged to remove control of the elections from the Government.

In addition, it would submit to a popular vote the councilors of the INE and to the magistrates of Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary (TEPJF).

It would also eliminate 200 representatives and 32 senators, reduce funding for political parties and would redefine the concept of “propaganda” so that the Government is pronounced during the elections, dispositions criticized because they can favor the current party in power.

With information from López-Dóriga Digital and EFE