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What Would AMLO’s Election Reforms Mean for Mexico?

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador last month proposed a package of election reforms. One of the changes would eliminate the body that oversees elections and replace it with a new agency. // File Photo: Mexican Government.

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  • Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on April 28 proposed a series of wide-ranging reforms for Mexico’s electoral system. The reform would dissolve the National Electoral Institute (INE), which oversees elections, and replace it with a directly elected body with less funding than the INE. What do the proposed electoral system reforms entail, and how would they affect the legitimacy of elections in Mexico? How likely is it that the Mexican Congress will approve the reforms? How do the Mexican people feel about the proposed changes, and how would the reforms affect the 2024 presidential election?

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Gerónimo Gutiérrez Fernández, senior advisor at Covington & Burling and former Mexican ambassador to the United States: “As anticipated last year, President López Obrador just proposed a reform of Mexico’s electoral system. Among the changes, three of them stand out: the creation of a new national electoral authority whose members would be directly voted in by ‘the people’ and also manage state and local elections, cuts to public funding and media time for political parties, and a reconfiguring of Congress. This last point deserves close attention. The reform would not only eliminate 200 (out of 500) proportional representation seats in the lower house, but also…”

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