Constitutionalists, analysts and specialists in electoral law warned that the so-called decree that allows the President, governors and legislators to promote the revocation of the mandate is a bad precedent for what may happen in the 2024 elections, because it puts the fairness of future elections at risk. .
Luis Carlos Ugalde, former president of the defunct Federal Electoral Institute (IFE), considered that the decree approved by the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies “has clear flaws and problems of unconstitutionality because the Constitution establishes the obligation of public servants to neutrality during electoral processes, it is a constitutional issue.”
“It is also the imposition of the majority by force, in this case Morena, which supports a legal interpretation and thus changes the course of the revocation exercise, which seems to me to be negative and a bad precedent in democratic matters, because it changes the rules of the I play in the middle of the game and, in addition, you can have in the future the President, governors, mayors, legislators, campaigning and calling to vote for a party or candidate”.
He recognized that with the so-called decree there is also a free field for the propaganda of officials ahead of the elections in six states of the country, under the argument that the propaganda only means how much you pay for it, that is, it is only what is budgeted in the field of social communication.
The UNAM investigator, constitutionalist and expert on electoral issues, César Astudillo Reyes, described the decree by Morena and her allies as a “chicanada” and said that it sets a bad precedent in electoral matters, because these violations can be used not only for the issue of revocation, but of elections, which would break the fairness of the contest.
He stressed that we are currently circumscribed to the recall because this decree is directly oriented to what will happen on April 10, so it cannot be extrapolated to the June elections, those of 2023 or 2024, but the way which seeks to change the legal framework through this type of decree.
“Morena knows that as a result of the 2021 elections she no longer has a majority in Congress to approve a comprehensive electoral reform, so she is going to look by all means, the loopholes, possibilities, chicanadas, so that the 2024 electoral process pay attention to how they want it to develop,” he warned.
The political analyst and historian, José Antonio Crespo, acknowledged that with the decree there is already a free field so that, from his conferences and public events, the President can talk regarding the revocation and other issues of his government.
And he pointed out that said measure violates the Constitution, affects democracy, equity in campaigns and damages institutions.
