Overview
- President Claudia Sheinbaum previewed a plan to cut election costs for parties, the INE and state OPLES, insisting the electoral authority’s autonomy would remain intact.
- She said proportional representation seats would stay but be chosen through new mechanisms to curb party leadership control and preserve minority representation.
- The Supreme Court dismissed the INE’s constitutional challenge to powers granting INE president Guadalupe Taddei direct appointments, leaving the change unexamined on the merits.
- Sheinbaum signaled she will not personally broker talks, assigning engagement to the presidential commission and the Interior Ministry as opposition parties demand the draft and push second round voting and electronic ballots.
- Former electoral officials warned that deep funding cuts without redesigned fiscal controls and clear representation rules could weaken oversight and exacerbate overrepresentation.