After a three-hour meeting at the National Palace with President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, INE President Counselor Guadalupe Taddei confirmed that there will be an additional budget for the election of members of the Judicial branch on June 1st. Although the exact figure has not been determined, they are exploring an amount of between one thousand to one thousand five hundred million pesos.
During the meeting, Taddei presented a serious proposal to the federal president on the need to increase the budget for the election of judges, magistrates, and ministers of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN). She detailed that it is necessary to slightly increase resources for the number of polling stations that will be installed nationwide, as well as for the hiring of electoral supervisors, trainers, assistants, and promotion for legal personnel and technical personnel involved in the different calculations during the electoral process.
Taddei emphasized that the meeting was highly productive, and they found a “receptive and supportive” presidency regarding the successful outcome of the electoral process. The INE president also pointed out that they have the guarantee of additional resources, with an amount between one thousand and one thousand five hundred million pesos, and they will continue to hold meetings with the Ministry of the Interior to define the first disbursement.
President Sheinbaum thanked the conversation with the INE counselors to ensure the transparency and certainty of the judicial branch election on June 1st. She later commented that she will request the INE counselors to explain the reason for the budget increase for the judicial election, as she considers seven thousand million pesos to be a significant amount.
The INE counselors explained that there is no special request to the president, but a definition of possibilities to increase the number of polling stations. Sheinbaum expressed that she believes INE’s request is considerable, but she is open to negotiating this matter transparently.
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