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PRI Accuses Morena of Rushing Article 35 Changes to Align Mandate Revocation With Midterms

Opponents question a reported Monday vote after no commission notice appeared in the Gaceta Parlamentaria.

Overview

  • PRI leader Rubén Moreira publicized a draft dictamen that would modify Article 35 to regulate consulta popular and revocación de mandato.
  • The proposal schedules the presidential revocation vote for the same day as ordinary midterm elections to choose federal deputies.
  • The draft would amend fractions IX and XIII of Article 35 covering the rules for referendums and mandate revocation.
  • It sets popular consultations for the first Sunday of June and allows a single request for presidential revocation within the six months before the third year ends.
  • Moreira said the Commission of Constitutional Points would take up the measure on Monday, though no official session call was posted at the time he raised the complaint.