Overview

• President Claudia Sheinbaum said she will seek to abolish congressional fuero as part of the reform package, with an executive proposal expected in early 2026.
• The Presidential Commission led by Pablo Gómez is holding statewide, livestreamed hearings and collecting proposals online ahead of a January draft, with ideas circulating on electing counselors and magistrates, cutting party funding, revisiting proportional representation, and e‑voting.
• At a Cancun forum, Arturo Zaldívar framed the initiative as originating from those who won and as a product of popular aspirations, asserting it is not meant to exclude minorities.
• At UNAM, ex‑INE president Lorenzo Córdova and former magistrate Jesús Orozco urged safeguards to restore INE and Electoral Tribunal independence, warning against politicized appointments, weakened collegiality, and insufficient budget guarantees.
• INE president Guadalupe Taddei called for an autonomous, technically strong institute, opposed electing INE counselors by popular vote, supported maintaining state OPLEs, and urged caution on trust for electronic voting.