INE refuses to cancel registration of 26 contested candidates

The legal battle that began in Congress a week ago, with the challenge before the INE of about twenty judicial candidates questioned by the reputation of its holders, has been settled, for the time being, against the Legislative, controlled by Morena in both Houses. The electoral body has officially rejected this Thursday to review the eligibility of the candidates regarding substantive issues at this time of the process, with the ballots alread…

The General Council of the National Electoral Institute (INE) beat the legislative branch in its request to cancel 26 candidates, including suspected narco-candidates, because this is not the right legal moment and the rights of the participants would be affected; the council members emphasized that their evaluation committees did not do their job. “This is an unprecedented election, but the principles do not change, and that requires us to have…

Cd. of Mexico.- Unanimously, the General Council of the INE refused to cancel the registration of 26 candidates to the Judiciary questioned by Congress for alleged "bad reputation" or academic average. If on June 1, any of these candidates are within the 881 winners of the election, the Institute will review whether they meet the eligibility requirements set out in the Constitution, and, if they do not, will annul their victory. The council memb…

The National Electoral Institute (INE) signed a collaboration agreement with the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) and the Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAM), Xochimilco unit. The Polytechnic Institute will take care of the indelible ink that will be used in electoral processes in our country, while the UAM Xochimilco will certify that it meets the highest standards of quality. In addition, Guadalupe Taddei Zavala, INE’s councillor, rec…

The INE, led by Guadalupe Taddei, responded with everything and said “no” to the legislative tantrum of the Senate, said Excélsior.

After the INE General Council confirmed that it cannot legally cancel at this time the 26 candidacies related to drug trafficking and other crimes as requested by the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, the president of that institute, Guadalupe Taddei, reiterated that this action had to have occurred before, and considered that omissions could occur in an electoral process of this magnitude.