Mexico’s government said on Sunday (26) that it will appeal against a temporary suspension imposed by the country’s Supreme Court on parts of the contested electoral reform promoted by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
“It is false to claim that the fundamental rights of citizens will be put at risk [pela reforma], as well as the organization of the elections”, pointed out the Mexican government, in a statement. “So this is an unjustifiable and unnecessary decision.”
“It is essential that the ministers who make up the [a Suprema
Corte] act within the competences that correspond to them, without going beyond the limits imposed by the Constitution and the laws”, he added.
In February, the Mexican Legislature had approved an electoral reform proposed by Obrador which, under the justification of cutting costs, would reduce the budget of the National Electoral Institute (INE), which would mean eliminating 85% of its career cadres and 300 the organ’s district boards, in addition to reducing its attributions.
On Friday (24), the Supreme Court of Mexico temporarily suspended parts of the law, such as budget cuts and cuts in the number of employees at INE. This suspension shall remain in effect until the case is adjudicated. The court is still going to analyze an action by the INE that asks for the complete overthrow of the reform.
Hundreds of thousands of Mexicans took to the streets of the capital, Mexico City, and other cities in the days following the approval of the reform to contest it, claiming that the changes would compromise fairness in the country’s elections.
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