In a ceremony Friday at the Chapultepec Castle President Peña Nieto
signed into law the political-electoral reforms passed by Congress and
ratified by the necessary federal jurisdictions. Nieto described the
legislation as a “momentous (step) toward the consolidation of Mexican
democracy.”
Beginning with the federal elections in 2018, the winning party in a presidential election will be able to form a coalition government with one or more political parties in Congress.
If a coalition is formed, the Senate must approve all Cabinet appointments except for the secretaries of defense and the navy.
Under the new law federal senators can stand for re-election for up to two consecutive six-year terms, while members of the Chamber of Deputies will be allowed to serve up to four consecutive three-year terms.
The law also allows for the re-election of local lawmakers and mayors and mandates parties to nominate women for 50 percent of candidacies in legislative races.
The president and state governors will continue to be limited to a single, six-year term.
An additional aspect of the new law is that the office of the federal Attorney General will become autonomous and the Senate will now appoint the Attorney General to a nine-year term.
The electoral reform also establishes a new autonomous National Electoral Institute that will replace the current Federal Electoral Institute, which will organize federal elections and also assume some duties currently carried out by state-level agencies.
A big change is that both federal and local election results may be nullified by the National Electoral Institute for various reasons, including when a party exceeds campaign spending limits by 5 percent or makes use of funds of illicit origin.
(from Latin American Herald Tribune)
Beginning with the federal elections in 2018, the winning party in a presidential election will be able to form a coalition government with one or more political parties in Congress.
If a coalition is formed, the Senate must approve all Cabinet appointments except for the secretaries of defense and the navy.
Under the new law federal senators can stand for re-election for up to two consecutive six-year terms, while members of the Chamber of Deputies will be allowed to serve up to four consecutive three-year terms.
The law also allows for the re-election of local lawmakers and mayors and mandates parties to nominate women for 50 percent of candidacies in legislative races.
The president and state governors will continue to be limited to a single, six-year term.
An additional aspect of the new law is that the office of the federal Attorney General will become autonomous and the Senate will now appoint the Attorney General to a nine-year term.
The electoral reform also establishes a new autonomous National Electoral Institute that will replace the current Federal Electoral Institute, which will organize federal elections and also assume some duties currently carried out by state-level agencies.
A big change is that both federal and local election results may be nullified by the National Electoral Institute for various reasons, including when a party exceeds campaign spending limits by 5 percent or makes use of funds of illicit origin.
(from Latin American Herald Tribune)
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