The president of the Mexican National Electoral Institute, Lorenzo Córdova, criticized this Saturday the electoral reform promoted by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and approved by Parliament and assured that the changes “put at risk” the electoral processes of 2023 and 2024.
Córdova considers that the changes in the secondary laws presented by this proposal “threaten the good performance of the electoral body” as they could change the “technical quality” of the elections and the “democratic governance”, reports “Infobae”.
“The reform (…) damages the basis of professionalism, security and technical quality that today characterizes the organization of safe, transparent, reliable and legitimate elections”, he assured in a presentation.
“The indiscriminate elimination of professional service positions, the merging of structures with intensive, varied and sometimes overlapping work dynamics.”
“They are increasing the number of ballots that the presiding officers will receive and reducing the time for the training of those who will integrate the voting centers are among other measures that clearly do not contribute to the security of the electoral processes”, he emphasized. out.
He also criticized the lack of consensus in the Chamber of Deputies, where the reform was approved.
“The rules of the democratic game by definition require the greatest possible consensus to guarantee that the next day all contenders and political parties accept the results and verdict of the ballot boxes without argument.”
