According to a report from El Universal, Congressional commissions will discuss six laws on December 12th that aim to make more than 70 changes to Mexico’s electoral system. These changes would impact the rights of political parties, their registration, and the transfer of votes between parties within a coalition.
While Morena’s majority in Congress almost guarantees that the proposed changes will pass, there will likely be legal challenges to their constitutionality, which could delay or prevent their implementation. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s attempts to pass electoral changes through legislation demonstrate his reluctance to make concessions to the opposition, even in an effort to achieve more binding constitutional reforms.
The opposition coalition Va por Mexico rejected the government’s proposed electoral constitutional reform, causing the government to pursue an alternate path of passing reforms through the ordinary legislative process, rather than via a constitutional amendment.
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