Overview
- At Audiencia Pública No. 23 in Zacatecas, Interior Secretary Rosa Icela Rodríguez said the reform seeks to cut election costs, improve representation and make electoral justice more effective to prevent inequities.
- Officials stressed there is no finalized proposal yet and that the commission is still listening to citizens, experts and local actors before drafting the initiative.
- Rodríguez framed the effort as part of the Fourth Transformation and argued the system must be updated so democracy remains an effective, peaceful mechanism for political transition.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum created the Presidential Commission for Electoral Reform to run the consultations, with any eventual initiative to be submitted to the Congress of the Union for a legislative decision.
- In parallel forums in Tamaulipas, organizers reported 3,148 proposals and delivered compiled contributions to the commission as an example of the participatory process underway.