Governor Rubén Rocha Moya expressed in a letter to the General Council of the Electoral Institute of the State of Sinaloa his willingness to submit to the mandate revocation process, despite the electoral body determining that it was not appropriate to initiate such a process against him. In the letter, Rocha Moya emphasized his respect for the unanimously made decision and highlighted the importance of democratic participation and popular sovereignty through universal, free, secret, and direct voting.
He stated that his democratic conviction led him to promote the reform of Article 150 of the local Constitution to include the revocation of the gubernatorial mandate, a measure that was finally incorporated in 2022. Although he would have preferred his administration to be evaluated through popular vote, he expressed his willingness to be subject to the requested revocation process and asked the Electoral Council to consider his agreement in decision-making regarding the viability of the process.
On the other hand, the Electoral Institute of the State of Sinaloa (IEES) resolved that it is not appropriate to initiate a mandate revocation process against Governor Rubén Rocha Moya, arguing that the Revocation of Mandate Law was enacted after the governor took office. At the time of the election, the state legislation did not contemplate early revocation of the mandate and it was concluded that applying the law retroactively would generate harmful effects for the governor and the rights of citizens who voted under previous rules that did not include such legal figure. This would go against the constitutional principle of legality and certainty, as well as the prohibition of retroactive laws to the detriment of individuals as established in the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States.
