Overview
- Guadalupe Taddei resigned as INE president on Monday, October 26, after media reports flagged possible irregularities in large supplier contracts and internal operations.
- The Auditoría Superior de la Federación announced an official investigation on October 23 into alleged conflicts of interest, collusion and possible resource triangulation in INE contracting.
- Blanca Yassahara Cruz was appointed provisional president and the Council immediately redistributed commission presidencies, ordered reviews of active contracts and suspended the more than 1,000 million-peso Cosmocolor credential contract.
- Press reports that the ASF physically took control of the OIC offices remain unconfirmed and the INE says it will fully cooperate with all audit and oversight requests.
- Lawmakers have summoned the INE comptroller and the ASF auditor to testify and authorities including the UIF and potentially the FGR may follow technical audits with administrative or criminal inquiries, while the crisis highlights long-standing concentration of electoral printing contracts and recent law changes that expanded presidential powers at the institute.