Overview
- INE councilor Rita Bell López Vences urged that candidates for indigenous-designated seats be required to speak an indigenous language.
- She called for integrating the IMPI national catalog of indigenous peoples and communities into INE vetting to prevent false claims of identity.
- TEPJF Magistrate Claudia Valle Aguilasocho promoted national consolidation of catalogs of traditional authorities, citing Oaxaca and Hidalgo as working models.
- Valle proposed permitting indigenous or ethnic political parties with assembly and support thresholds scaled to each state’s indigenous population.
- The Chamber’s electoral reform chair framed the process as a chance to solidify indigenous rights in electoral rules, with all measures still at the proposal stage.