United States congressmen condemn INE reform

The presidents of the foreign relations committees of the United States Congress estimated this Friday that the approval of the electoral authority reform in Mexico “endangers the future of democratic institutions,” in a joint statement.

With the approval of this reform “the Congress of Mexico has endangered the future of the democratic institutions of its country”, affirms the text signed by the democrat Bob MenendezChairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Republican Michael McCaulat the head of the same commission in the House of Representatives.

The initiative takes Mexico back “to its dark past of elections controlled by the president not only turning back the clock of his democracy, but also that of relations between our countries,” he adds.

The two prominent congressmen reject “repeated attempts by President López Obrador to sabotage Mexico’s democratic institutions.”

The Mexican people deserve, in his opinion, an “electoral authority that is independent and capable of conducting free and fair elections and being governed by leaders who respect the rule of law.”

Menéndez and McCaul believe that López Obrador, with whom the government of US President Joe Biden has a good relationship, hopes “to be remembered as a Democrat and defender of the most vulnerable”, but his “continuous efforts” to “break autonomy and independence of the INE will certainly cement its heritage as the complete opposite”.

The relationship between the United States and Mexico is very close, especially at the commercial and immigration level, since both countries share more than 3,000 km of border.

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