The National Electoral Institute (INE) will determine the eligibility of candidates in the judicial election based on information provided by the Senate, civil society, and citizen complaints. Once the election is concluded, the INE will analyze information from 26 profiles to evaluate their eligibility, including information regarding candidates with final sentences for crimes covered by the mechanism against political violence based on gender.
Norma de la Cruz Magaña, electoral counselor and member of the Temporary Commission of the Extraordinary Electoral Process for the Election of Various Positions of the Judicial Power of the Federation, explained that the Senate requested the INE to evaluate the eligibility of the 26 candidacies, according to a transitional article of the announcement. However, it will be the INE that makes decisions on this matter once the elections are completed.
The Senate will have to wait for the election results to resolve the eligibility of the 26 candidates or explicitly withdraw their nominations if it decides so. In response to the Senate's request for the removal of candidates made to the INE, the institute plans to address the issue in its next session.
The electoral counselor emphasized that the INE will comply with the law when reviewing the eligibility of the candidacies and ensuring their parity integration. The INE's attributions are clear in this process, so it will respond according to the provisions established by current regulations, without external influences not contemplated in the law.
