Electoral analyst Jorge Alcocer Villanueva suggested in an interview on Aristegui En Vivo that in addition to attempting to undermine the Federal Judiciary, there is a strategy to also attack the electoral system in Mexico. According to Alcocer, two key institutions are being damaged: the National Electoral Institute and the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary, which he considers concerning and worthy of discussion.
Alcocer mentioned the approval by the INE's general council of a constitutional controversy to question a new power allowing the president counselor to make important appointments unilaterally. For the analyst, this decision reflects the effects of Morena and the government's attempts to take control of institutions when they cannot eliminate them entirely.
The analyst highlighted that the ruling majority has introduced unexpected changes in the judicial reform affecting the INE, such as eliminating the General Council's authority to ratify appointments presented by the president counselor. Alcocer emphasized that these types of actions weaken the electoral system that guarantees freedom and respect for the vote, and it is regressing to times when a single party controlled the electoral institutions and elections.
Furthermore, Alcocer explained that the presidency of the INE council has exclusive authority to propose important appointments, but the counselors have the power to approve them with a majority of eight votes, which ensures democracy within the institution. However, there have been attempts to transfer these powers to the Executive General Board, which according to the analyst, would upset the system and concentrate decision-making power in a single person, undermining the constitutional design and the principles of checks and balances that guarantee impartiality and transparency in the electoral process.
