Overview
- Ricardo Monreal said the Congreso de la Unión, not presidential commission head Pablo Gómez, will have the final say and signaled openness to revise the eventual presidential proposal.
- Monreal invited INE counselors to present their positions before legislators, reaffirming that only Congress can alter constitutional election rules.
- Morena will first seek agreements with allies PVEM and PT, which Monreal called indispensable for any constitutional change to advance.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum set a Wednesday meeting at Palacio Nacional with Morena’s congressional leaders and the drafting commission to review forum conclusions and outline content and timing, including which chamber would receive the initiative.
- Monreal said deputies have not received a document and only broad ideas have been floated, such as fewer plurinominal seats and reduced funding for electoral bodies and parties; he also slated a Jan. 31 Morena plenary to set the session’s agenda with electoral reform as a priority.