“That we find, that there are, women, men of integrity, straight, democratic, sincere, so that they are the ones who lead the electoral processes.” Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
No, the real plan B is not the motley series of modifications to the secondary laws that the president sent to Congress. The purpose of these changes was to punish the National Electoral Institute; make it difficult, if not impossible, for you to complete your tasks constitutional; dismantle its operational structures and cut resources.
the real plan B lies in electing electoral advisers aligned with the government. President Lopez Obrador does not want to make the same mistake as when he chose four ministers from the supreme court who, already in office, have not complied with their wishes. “I was wrong,” he said on September 2-because I made proposals, but once I proposed, either because of the position or because they changed their minds, they are no longer thinking about the transformation project and doing justice, they already act more based on legal mechanisms.
Indeed, AMLO proposed to four of the current 11 ministers of the Court: Juan Luis González Alcántara Carrancá, Yasmín Esquivel Mossa, Margarita Ríos Farjat and Loretta Ortiz Ahlf. Only Esquivel and Ortiz they have consistently voted in favor of the president’s positions. González Alcántara and Ríos Farjat They have acted independently, sometimes in support of the executive, sometimes against it, which has irritated a president who expected absolute obedience.
The president does not want to be wrong now with the four new electoral adviserswhich will replace four current ones, among them the hated Lorenzo Cordova and Ciro Murayama. The process involves first choosing a Technical Evaluation Committee, which will define the quintets from which the deputies will choose the new directors.
The members of the Technical Committee they should enjoy “renowned prestige” and be “impartial”. The National Human Rights Commission He has the power to name two and he already did, on December 13, although without informing his Advisory Council, or anyone else. And it is not surprising, since the chosen ones do not meet the requirements. Maria del Socorro Puga Luevano she is retired (at 52 years old) and a housewife; she has a truncated bachelor’s degree in communication and a certification in “laughter yoga” (yes, it’s not a joke); he is a militant of Brunette and was a candidate in 2014 for Councilor in San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León. the other is Ernesto Isunza Vera, who does have a doctorate in political science and is a university researcher, although he has shown inclination towards Brunette and the government of Lopez Obrador. There has not even been an attempt to feign impartiality.
The INAI is a more professional institution and you will surely nominate two recognized and impartial specialists for the Technical Committee. The Political Coordination Board of the Chamber of Deputies will appoint three others, but as Brunette has a majority, and the vote is by simple majority, it will surely designate members favorable to the official party. It will surprise no one that, with this Morenista majority in the Technical Committee, the new directors are also favorable to Morena.
Neither plan A nor plan B nor does any other have any other intention than to guarantee the triumph of Brunette in 2024. The constitutional amendment sought that, but was defeated in Congress. The changes in the secondary laws were partially approved, but they will be submitted to protections and constitutional controversies. The president’s real deadly weapon is carrying the INE with favorable advisers. The first step was already taken with the two unpresentable members of the Technical Committee named by the CNDH.
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Protection. “Journalists need protection, not attacks from the authorities”pointed out yesterday on Twitter Volker Turk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. I suppose that AMLO will call it liar Y corrupt and will accuse him of earning more than him.
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