The plenums of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate officially issued the declaration of unconstitutionality for President Claudia Sheinbaum's 'Plan B' reform, after it was approved by 19 state congresses. Thus, the reform—already sent by the President of the Senate, Laura Itzel Castillo, to the Executive for publication in the Official Gazette of the Federation—is ready to take effect. It will cut resources, excessive spending, and privileges for the congresses of the 32 entities, municipalities, the Senate, the INE, and state electoral bodies. Which states approved Claudia Sheinbaum's Plan B? The 19 approving votes from the state legislatures came from Baja California, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Mexico, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Yucatán, and Mexico City. Articles 115, 116, and 134 of the Constitution were amended, but the topic of the recall of the mandate and changes to article 35 were excluded due to the negative vote of the PT, an ally of Morena, so a qualified majority was not achieved. What does Plan B of the electoral reform consist of? Article 115 establishes a limit of one mayoralty and between seven and fifteen councilorships in the city councils of each municipality. Article 116 states that the annual budget of the state congresses must not exceed 0.70% of the entity's expenditure budget. Article 134 establishes that electoral counselors, electoral magistrates, secretaries of administrative bodies, and heads of executive and technical areas or their counterparts in the INE, local public electoral bodies, and the electoral tribunals of the entities may not earn more than the President of the Republic. This article also states that electoral officials may not acquire or contract, with public resources, medical, life, or private pension insurance, individualized severance insurance, special savings boxes, special retirement regimes, or other benefits not provided for by law.
