The electoral reform proposal seeks total control, says Ricardo Anaya

The coordinator of the National Action Party (PAN) senators, Ricardo Anaya, described as "extremely serious" the electoral reform proposal that Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum proposed to send to Congress to reduce resources for the INE (National Institute of Statistics) and political parties, and considered it a regression to the 1980s.

"We find it extremely serious that the government is announcing an Electoral Reform because what the government wants, the government's underlying objective, and we must state this clearly, is total control of our country," he said.

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He said the government intends to establish "an authoritarian regime. That's why they took control of the legislative branch by force. That's why they amended the Constitution to have complete control of the judicial branch."

The PAN senator stated that what the current regime lacks is control over the electoral authority, which would mean "returning to the 1980s, when the government controlled everything, including the organization of elections."

He warned that if that door is opened, as an opposition, they will fight to defend democracy, and that whoever wins the elections will govern, but that the votes in our country will continue to be counted.

He said that what Morena wants is control of the INE "so that tomorrow, when people no longer support them and won't vote for them, they can steal the elections with total impunity. That's why they want control of the National Electoral Institute."

Ricardo Anaya considered that, beyond the political party for which each citizen votes, the important thing is that the vote counts and is counted, and that there is an arbiter who is independent of the government, "and that is why we oppose Morena implementing a reform to control the INE and the elections."