Overview
- Lawmakers received the Senate’s Plan B draft Tuesday, setting up committee debate on April 7 and a floor vote on April 8, according to chamber leaders.
- Deputies will not take up the recall-of-mandate issue, even though the Senate’s minute mentions it in the title, because senators did not approve any change to Article 35.
- The package focuses on austerity and local governance rules, including smaller municipal councils, tighter state-legislature budgets, and caps on electoral officials’ pay tied to the president’s salary.
- Electoral analysts warn the pay cap could drive skilled staff out of the National Electoral Institute and make it harder to recruit and train election workers, which could strain future vote operations.
- The process has exposed rifts with PT and PVEM over the shelved recall change, and President Claudia Sheinbaum said Morena will decide on 2027 alliances as media coverage shifts from technical details to a power contest.