The president of the Mexican National Electoral Institute (INE) has denounced that «it is clear and evident that there is an onslaught against the electoral authorities» after the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) has pointed out the body as a «partial instrument and of sabotage to the citizens’ will» in the face of the electoral reform.
Lorenzo de Córdova has assured this Friday in two radio interventions picked up by ‘Milenio’ that they will file an action of unconstitutionality against the CNDH before the Mexican Supreme Court of Justice for the report in which he makes these statements.
The responsible has pointed out that the CNDH has violated the Constitution, since this does not allow it to pronounce on electoral aspects, and has labeled this meddling as «unacceptable».
«Many things have happened along the way, such as the political and factious use of the Mexican State as the CNDH violated the Constitution. We are going to file a constitutional controversy, because it is extremely serious that the body that should be the guarantor of the Constitution to prevent the violation of rights, is the first to violate them,» he said on Friday.
Córdova accused the head of the CNDH, Rosario Piedra, of issuing a position that «is clearly aligned with a political stance» in the midst of the discussion of the political-electoral reform that seeks to roll back democratic advances», as reported by the same media.
This Friday, the organism that must watch over the fulfillment of Human Rights has pronounced again in the same sense and has assured that it has not breached the constitutional text. In addition, it has justified that this issue is part of its negotiation since «democracy is Human Rights».
Last week, INE defended the need to discuss the electoral reform proposed by the Mexican President, which seeks to put an end to the excessive dominance of the majority and to avoid the exclusion of some minor formations. The organization called on the Movimiento Ciudadano to sit down to negotiate in order to reach the «maximum consensus» after the opposition alliance Va por México agreed to do so.
