Overview
- Sheinbaum previewed a package to cut election costs by reducing funding for parties, the INE and OPLEs while pledging that the INE’s autonomy and minority representation will be preserved.
- The draft contemplates changing how proportional seats are selected so they are not defined by party lists, expanding citizen consultations at local levels, and improving participation by Mexicans abroad.
- The president said negotiations will run through the presidential commission and the Interior Ministry, declining direct meetings with allies or opposition before the initiative reaches Congress.
- Opposition leaders condemned the plan as authoritarian under the “Ley Maduro” label, a characterization Sheinbaum rejected as she argued the reform strengthens participatory democracy.
- The INE delivered its own proposals to the Chamber of Deputies and was told it has an open role in the debate, while the PT warned the government lacks enough votes if its caucus withholds support.