The Senate of Mexico recently approved reforms aimed at preventing the concentration of power in family groups and ensuring fairness in electoral processes. These reforms include measures against immediate reelection in popular election positions and against nepotism, which prevents close relatives of current officials from running to succeed them in the same position.
After negotiations between the Morena party and the Green Party (PVEM), it was decided that these measures would come into effect starting from the electoral process of 2030. However, the current Mexican leader urged political parties, especially Morena, to embrace the spirit of the reforms in the 2027 elections, as originally proposed.
The reforms still need to be approved by the Chamber of Deputies and ratified by at least 17 state congresses before being published in the Official Gazette of the Federation. In the 2027 elections, Mexico will renew governorships in 16 federal entities, and mechanisms for oversight and penalties will be implemented to prevent evasion of the law through indirect candidacies or political pacts.
Gerardo Fernández Noroña, president of the Senate, expressed his dissatisfaction with the delay of the reform until the 2030 electoral process and criticized the Green Party for a conflict of interest. The national president of Morena, Luisa María Alcalde Luján, announced that the party would make changes to its statutes so that the legal modifications would apply in the 2027 elections.
Additionally, as part of the judicial reform, the second process for the election of judges will take place. Some states that will have a change of governor in 2027 include Baja California, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chihuahua, Colima, Guerrero, Michoacán, among others.
The reform arises amid controversy over the possibility that relatives of current governors will run in the 2027 elections. In particular, the Green Party has been criticized for postponing the implementation of the reform until 2030 due to its proposals for candidates related to current officials. Among them is Senator Ruth González, wife of the current governor of San Luis Potosí, and relatives of Morena senators who also seek to run in those entities.
In summary, these reforms aim to strengthen democracy and prevent the perpetuation of power in the hands of family groups in Mexican politics, promoting greater equity and transparency in the country's electoral processes.
