The INE shall annul the triumph of judges, magistrates or ministers who are found to have committed crimes

The cancellation of candidacies or triumphs is only the power of the upper chamber of the Electoral Tribunal of the Judiciary of the Federation (TEPJF), when it proves that the candidate has links with criminal activities, said advisers of the National Electoral Institute (INE).

On Thursday, the National Electoral Institute (INE) approved a new filter that will apply to the 3,414 candidates for judges, magistrates and ministers, a procedure that can be used, as the case may be, for them to cancel their victory. The electoral body has added a new controversy to the process, giving the green light to investigate candidates for positions of justice. The aim is to detect those who have committed any crime of gender-based vi…

Electoral advisers warned that INE would annul the triumph of candidates for the Judiciary if alleged crimes against them were confirmed.

Claudia Zavala, INE’s electoral adviser, in an interview with José Cárdenas, commented that “the suitability of the candidates was a responsibility of the evaluation committees, clear evidence of...

On June 15, the INE will define whether the candidates who participated in the judicial election meet the eligibility requirements for office, i.e. that they are not involved in acts of gender-based violence, are fugitives from justice, or have a final judgement that prevents them from exercising their political-electoral rights.

Be serious The president of the INE, Guadalupe Taddei, voted against the mechanism to review citizen complaints against judicial candidates, arguing that this work should have been done in the Senate, but her position did not get the support of the majority of councillors and now the candidates with firm sentences by rapists, food debtors or fugitives from justice should worry, because even if they won the election, their victories will be annul…