Overview
- Mexico’s Senate, which issued its approval Tuesday, ordered the reform sent to the Diario Oficial de la Federación, the federal gazette that gives laws legal effect after publication, following endorsements from 19 state congresses.
- The amendment to Article 115 reshapes city councils so each municipality has a mayor, one syndic, and up to 15 councilors, with seats assigned under gender parity rules.
- Article 116 caps local legislatures’ annual budgets at 0.70% of state spending, and reporting says the savings stay in municipal and state treasuries for public works projects.
- Article 134 bars electoral officials from earning more than the president and from perks like private medical insurance or special savings schemes, while a separate clause phases in a 15% real budget cut for the Senate starting in 2027.
- A transitory article orders federal and state bodies to align their rules by April 30, with Morena’s Ignacio Mier arguing no new secondary laws are needed as opponents criticize last‑minute state sessions that pushed the measure through.