Overview

• The INE’s Internal Control Office asked for penalties ranging from fines to suspension, removal or disqualification for Claudia Zavala, Dania Ravel, Jaime Rivera, Lorenzo Córdova and Ciro Murayama over the 2021 vote to delay the revocation-of-mandate exercise due to budget shortfalls.
• Dania Ravel disclosed the action, called it persecution and is summoned to a first hearing on October 8, after which the Tribunal Federal de Justicia Administrativa will decide.
• Sergio Gutiérrez Luna, who filed the original complaint in 2021, sent a letter asking the INE watchdog to desist from the case.
• Election sources told La Jornada that a personal desist would not suffice because the complaint was filed at the party level, so a formal withdrawal by Morena would be required.
• The watchdog is led by Víctor Hugo Carvente, appointed in 2024 by the Chamber of Deputies, and the reopened proceeding follows an earlier criminal route that was dropped, fueling criticism that the audit action is politically driven.