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Sheinbaum Launches Commission’s Public Work Plan for Electoral Reform

Nationwide citizen forums will collect input through January to guide an executive reform proposal next year.

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.