Overview

• The commission headed by Pablo Gómez now includes senior figures such as Rosa Icela Rodríguez, Arturo Zaldívar and Jesús Ramírez Cuevas to draft the overhaul.
• Its work plan unveils public hearings, regional foros and an open online portal starting in October and running through January.
• Leading Morena senators have backed sharp cuts to party prerogatives, bans on private financing and slimming of INE and OPLE structures.
• Four former INE/IFE presidents and analysts warned the consultation risks centralizing power and urged genuine inclusion of opposition voices.
• Majority leader Ricardo Monreal affirmed that Congress will rigorously debate and is prepared to amend the administration’s proposal when it arrives.