Overview
- Previewing the plan, the president said the initiative aims to trim financing for parties, the INE and OPLES, expand local and national consultation mechanisms, and boost participation of Mexicans abroad.
- Sheinbaum said proportional-representation seats would not necessarily disappear, proposing new selection methods to curb party-controlled lists and signaling a review of the number of municipal regidores.
- No formal bill has been filed, with the executive expecting to send the proposal to Congress in early February as the presidential commission and Interior Ministry handle talks before legislative debate.
- Opposition figures branded the concept a “Ley Maduro” and warned of power concentration, while governing allies like the PT and PVEM flagged objections; the PT cautioned the reform cannot pass without its votes.
- In parallel institutional activity, the Guanajuato state electoral tribunal publicized sanctions in a political gender-violence case against a regidora, underscoring active enforcement within the electoral system.