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news El Sudcaliforniano 2026-05-25

INE Warns Crime-Linked Candidate Law Threatens Neutrality

Mexico's National Electoral Institute (INE) expressed concern that a proposed law, aimed at preventing candidates with ties to crime, could compromise its institutional neutrality. The INE's president councilor urges the Legislative Power to clarify that the institute will not be involved in assessing such risks for candidacies.


La consejera presidenta pidió al Poder Legislativo dejar muy claro en la ley que el INE no será partícipe en la definición de si hay riesgos razonables en una candidatura

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