Overview
- The Presidential Commission is set to present initial points to President Claudia Sheinbaum on Wednesday, with a formal reform initiative expected in February.
- Commission sources describe a draft that would introduce a new party-financing formula that could nearly halve public funds and adjust plurinominal representation, while keeping state OPLES under an austerity plan.
- Those sources also say electing INE councilors by popular vote is no longer being considered and contend the INE’s autonomy and operational capacity would remain intact.
- The INE delivered 241 technical proposals; its president, Guadalupe Taddei, insists an electoral arbiter must be autonomous and favors separating the 2027 judicial vote from federal and local elections.
- Senate leader Laura Itzel Castillo says the debate is difficult and calls for consensus, Ricardo Monreal emphasizes Congress will decide, and INE Michoacán warns a reform without broad agreement could threaten democratic stability.