Legislators from PAN and PRI labeled the electoral reform proposed by President Claudia Sheinbaum as a 'Maduro Law', akin to Venezuela's, aimed at perpetuating power. They accuse Morena of seeking to control the INE and eliminate opponents. Senate President Laura Itzel Castillo defended the electoral body's autonomy.
In the Permanent Commission of the Congress of the Union, PAN and PRI legislators denounced the upcoming electoral reform as a maneuver to concentrate election control in the hands of the ruling party. Ricardo Anaya, PAN coordinator in the Senate, stated that Morena's government is preparing for a scenario of lost popular support in 2030 and seeks total control of the National Electoral Institute (INE), the last remaining autonomous stronghold. 'For us, it is the Maduro Law that Morena's government wants to establish in Mexico', Anaya declared, alluding to Nicolás Maduro's strategy in Venezuela to dominate powers and institutions. He added that this agenda began with legislative majorities, followed attacks on the Judiciary, and now targets the INE. PRI leader Alejandro Moreno agreed that the reform aims to destroy the INE, jurisdictional bodies, and political parties, without real citizen demand. 'This electoral reform, this madness they are presenting, is the Maduro Law, because it is a law just like the one they made in Venezuela', Moreno expressed in an interview. Rubén Moreira, PRI leader in the Chamber of Deputies, outlined three goals: colonize the INE to manipulate 2030 results, disappear parties, and eliminate congressional opponents. 'Morena's intention is not to leave power in 2030', he warned. Meanwhile, Morena Senator Laura Itzel Castillo, President of the Chamber of Senators, called to avoid speculations and reiterated support for an autonomous and independent electoral authority from the government to organize elections. Days earlier, the INE delivered technical proposals to the Presidential Commission for Electoral Reform, led by Pablo Gómez, including oversight, gender parity, retention of plurinominal legislators, and process modernization. Gómez questioned the INE's autonomy concept, arguing that as a state administrative body, it cannot be autonomous but independent in enforcing the law.
