1. The members of the legislature elected on this date will be the first allowed to run for re-election in subsequent elections. In 30 of Mexico's states, there will be elections for state congress and for mayors as well. The synthetic opioid fentanyl, which kills about 70,000 Americans per year, is mainly manufactured in Mexico with precursor chemicals smuggled in from China. The mayor of Monterrey, Luis Donaldo Colosio Riojas, son of a prominent politician who was assassinated while running for the presidency in 1994, has been included in some polls, but has not said he is interested in running for the presidency. [9] At the start of August 2021, after the corruption trial referendum, Lpez Obrador insisted that he himself would promote the recall election. One-stop digest of politics, economics, and culture. We have to expect continued trouble for Mexico. This is the first national recall election in Mexico. On the one hand, supporters of U.S. President Joe Biden point out that his White House has overseen a dramatic U-turn from the Show moredays of the Trump administration in terms of promoting decarbonization and clean energy and should be lauded for passing the (admittedly strangely titled) Inflation Reduction Act. The date of the inauguration is the same with each presidential election, taking place the 20th of January as required by the U.S. Constitution which set the date in 1933. They are hiding the ballot boxes, he added. Commenting on this and other recent articles is just one benefit of a Foreign Policy subscription. (AMLO maintained in a press conference that the visit was part of Augusto Lpezs official duties.). Criticism has mounted over Show morethe governments unpopular economic policies and its slow response to the Feb. 6 earthquake, which claimed more than 50,000 lives. El sexenio de Lpez Obrador durar poco menos de 6 aos y la causa de esto, no es un 'complot', ms bien se debe a que as lo establece la ley en materia poltica-electoral tras una reforma aprobada el 10 de febrero de 2014 . A July 22 editorial in the Washington Post, which admittedly is not a great fan of AMLO, titled Who Will Be Mexicos Next President? But most agree that few of the presidential hopefuls can match the popularity of a president whose approval ratings are routinely above 60%. In a clear sign of movement on the campaign front, national political vendors descended on Tallahassee this week, vying for work on DeSantis forthcoming campaign. Were going to end up making it pretty much around the world by the time were done. [2], The 500 members of the Chamber of Deputies are elected by two methods; 300 are elected in single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting, with the remaining 200 elected in a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation, with seats allocated using the simple quotient and largest remainder method. days of the Trump administration in terms of promoting decarbonization and clean energy and should be lauded for passing the (admittedly strangely titled) Inflation Reduction Act. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. The reforms, spearheaded by Lpez Obrador, would slash the agencys budget, shrink civil service staffing, and strip the agencys independence ahead of the 2024 presidential elections. It was proposed by Lpez Obrador himself during his candidacy in the 2018 election and requested by opponents and supporters of his government. 26 Apr 2023 17:59:59 To find out, FPs Ravi Agrawal spoke to John Kerry, Bidens special envoy for climate. Leading the polls is the highly capable Marcelo Ebrard. LXIII Legislature of the Mexican Congress, "De Claudia Sheinbaum a Luis Donaldo Colosio Riojas: Las 23 'corcholatas' presidenciables para 2024", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2024_Mexican_general_election&oldid=1151554949, Short description is different from Wikidata, Pages using embedded infobox templates with the title parameter, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 24 April 2023, at 19:39. Create an FP account to save articles to read later and in the FP mobile app. Please follow our comment guidelines, stay on topic, and be civil, courteous, and respectful of others beliefs. [6] In November, the Chamber of Deputies also approved it in general, with 372 votes in favor and 75 against. The reforms arent a done deal yet: The Mexican Supreme Court still has a say. "Mexico is a free and independent country, not a colony or protectorate of the United States, he said, shouting: Cooperation, yes, submission, no!. elections. But he would settle for anyone Morena choose. Anything?. Now, he has his sights set on Mexicos fragile democracy. FP contributors top titles to make sense of the country ahead of its most important election, Report: And if theres any announcements, you know, those will come at the appropriate time, but its not if anyones telling you that somehow they know this or they know that, thats just inaccurate, because theres not been any decisions.". Hector Vivas/Getty Images March 23, 2023, 9:41 AM Mexican President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador has. In the three-seat constituencies, two seats are allocated to the party receiving the highest number of votes and one seat to the party receiving the second-highest number of votes. Former President Lzaro Crdenas, one of Lpez Obrador's heroes, delighted Mexicans when he expropriated the largely foreign-owned, privately operated oil industry on March 18, 1938. It surpassed expectations, said Blanca Heredia, a professor at CIDE, a research institution based in Mexico City. He was accused of violating an electoral tribunal prohibition on government officials campaigning for a recall vote in April by using a military plane to fly to the north of Mexico to speak about the vote. The initial referendum wording proposed was Do you agree that the tenure of the person holding the position of the president of the Republic be terminated early, due to loss of confidence?[11] Nevertheless, the legislative groups of Morena, the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM) and Labor Party (PT), did not get the necessary votes to convene the special session.[12]. He is perceived as a man that would favor his own agenda before that of the Fourth Transformation and will likely be chosen only if AMLO sees no other way for MORENA to keep the presidency. ", "ESTUDIO ENTREGADO POR MASSIVE CALLER RELATIVO A LA REVOCACIN DE MANDATO 2022", "ESTUDIO ENTREGADO POR TRESEARCH RELATIVO A LA REVOCACIN DE MANDATO 2022", "AMLO arranca 2022 con cada en aprobacin; baja a 60%", "Hay alternativas a la consulta de revocacin de mandato? The latest reforms were plan B, following a failed attempt at a sweeping constitutional reform last December that sought even more extreme measures to restrict electoral agencies and remove their independence. With Morena in power, the rich may not see economic prosperity, but they are not personally suffering, so it does not matter to the rich in the end game if Morena wins or loses. But far from the seismic shift that a recall referendum of a president might have brought, this vote appears to have merely underscored the acrimony of Mexican politics. AMERICAS SOCIETY/COUNCIL OF THE AMERICAS. The worry is that these reformsthe presidents second bite at the applesignal a larger trend away from the democratic system that has dominated in Mexico for more than two decades, making voting more difficult and reducing trust in elections. Youre on the list! Essential analysis of the stories shaping geopolitics on the continent. Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum and Foreign Minister. Mexicans cast their vote at the general election every 6 years. EXCLUSIVE 2024 Election Ron DeSantis is set to jump into the 2024 presidential fray in mid-May The Florida governor is poised to launch his presidential exploratory committee next month.. Some of his backers are urging him to declare as early as May 11, to counter the creeping national narrative that former President Donald Trump is the overwhelming front-runner for the 2024 GOP nomination. Elections are always tricky to predict, even in the most stable governments. It has been a total failure, said Juan Romero Hicks, a congressman with the opposition National Action Party in a video message posted shortly after polls closed. April 28, 2023. This train is already in motion, somebody just to get aboard and drive it.. Anti-migrant policies delayed rescue after a shipwreck that killed 90 people. President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador drew overwhelming support among those who cast ballots, but the recall referendum failed to achieve the required 40 percent threshold to be binding. A poster supporting Mr. Lpez Obrador in Labor Vieja, a small community of farmers in Jalisco State. At Long Last, the Foreign Service Gets the Netflix Treatment, A BRICS Currency Could Shake the Dollars Dominance, Biden Is Rewriting the Rules on Tradeand Americans Should Be Worried, In Sudan, U.S. Policies Paved the Way for War, Adam Tooze: When National Security Trumps All, John Kerry: The IRA Is Working on Overdrive. a legislative overhaul of Mexicos National Electoral Institute (INE) in late February. It does not matter too terribly much, either, who the opposition candidate will be. [3], The 128 members of the Senate are also elected by two methods, with 96 elected in 32 three-seat constituencies based on the states and 32 elected in a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation. More than 15 million Mexicans are happy and want me to continue until September 2024, Mr. Lpez Obrador said in a video message published shortly after preliminary results were announced. As long as institutions are being undermined by personalistic or caudillo-like figures, I think the vulnerability of democratic gains will continue to be the trend, Berthin said. They are practically family, a fact that represents a clear advantage for Lpezs possible candidacy. [5] A candidacy by Luis Donaldo Colosio Riojas, son of former presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta, has been floated around by the media.[5]. Anteriormente, los presidentes electos asuman el mandato el 1 de diciembre y seis aos despus pasaban la . Moreover, these disgruntled constituents pay plenty in taxes that is being used to subsidize programs that are legitimately needed for the poor. He campaigned on Hugs, Not Bullets. Now, hes militarized the country. Two books peel back the curtain on the central bankbut miss why it misread the economy in the wake of the pandemic. the World Justice Project index, Mexico has fallen nine points in just the last year to 113th place out of 139 countries in terms of fighting corruption. DeSantis, long viewed as Trumps strongest Republican challenger in 2024, has traveled far outside Florida in recent weeks to raise his profile. The I.N.E. Lpez Obrador has claimed that Mexico doesn't produce fentanyl something most experts disagree with and that the U.S. has a fentanyl problem because American families don't hug their kids enough. Nov. 5, 2024 . We are going to continue with the transformation of our country.. U.S. legal . And I think what is happening right now in Mexico, which is not an isolated case, there are a lot of links with what is happening in American democracy, or Brazilian democracy, or even in other parts of the world., The latest reforms were plan B, following a failed attempt at a sweeping, last December that sought even more extreme measures to restrict electoral agencies and remove their independence. And then, once in power, started trying to subvert the system to remain in power, Rudman said. With that, on 4 February, the call for consultation was approved, causing the installation of 57,377 polling stations and 1.5 billion Mexican pesos available for the INE, less than half of the initially requested money. The governing Morena party was expected to hold between 190 and 203 seats in Mexico's lower house of Congress, a decline of up to 60 lawmakers, according to preliminary results released late on. 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Join FPs reporters in conversation with FP executive editor Amelia Lester for a wide-ranging discussion about how Washington is thinking about Beijing now. With the low turnout rendering the results nonbinding, the countrys polarized political forces will instead be left to fight over the narrative that emerges from the results to try to bolster their competing claims to power. Governor's races are in play in 15 of the country's 32 states. More ways to stay updated on global news: By submitting your email, you agree to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use and to receive email correspondence from us. Schools and most businesses are open. He has, however, seen his political ascent bogged down in recent weeks as Trump has hit him with at times near-daily attacks, most of which DeSantis has not responded to. Claudia Sheinbaum is currently perceived as the presidents closest ally, and his favorite choice of successor after she has worked hand in hand with him for the past three decades. Is it too early to predict next Mexican president? Mexican President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador has not yet reached the middle of his six-year term, but, quite unexpectedly, he has declared the search for his successor open. Lpez Obradors gambit is the latest in a line of incumbent power grabs in the hemisphere, including insurrections and doubt about electoral integrity stoked by former U.S. President Donald Trump and former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, former Peruvian President Pedro Castillos attempt to dissolve Congress late last year, and El Salvadorian President Nayib Bukeles widespread undermining of democratic controls. And just how far will Washington go in supporting Taiwan? In 2 years, Mexicans will elect the president of the first power in Latin America and the second-largest power in all of Latin America, only behind Brazil. The referendum is typical of Mr. Lpez Obradors governing style. By The Associated Press March 18, 2023, 4:18 PM MEXICO CITY -- Mexican President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador held a massive rally in Mexico City's main plaza attended by tens of thousands of people Saturday. Anaya is living in exile as he faces a federal investigation that charges him with having received a bribe to vote in favor of an energy reform in 2014. Luis Barron / Eyepix Groupn/Future Publishing via Getty Images. : 3 clues to track and his approval rating isn't one of them. He is the only Republican who can beat Joe Biden. In an event at his Mar-A-Lago beach club on Nov. 15, the former president announced his plans to run. ", "AMLO registra en diciembre su mejor nivel de aprobacin del 2021", "ENCUESTA: Baja aprobacin de Lpez Obrador", "Gira por EU 'da alas' a AMLO: Aprobacin repunta a 66% en noviembre", "AMLO sube aprobacin, pese a percepcin en seguridad", "Mexicanos difieren con AMLO sobre crticas a la UNAM", "Mes patrio le da 'empujoncito' a AMLO': sube a 61% de aprobacin", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2022_Mexican_presidential_recall_referendum&oldid=1123767676, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles needing translation from Spanish Wikipedia, Articles containing Spanish-language text, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. These polls were conducted after the federal law for recall elections and the referendum question were published. There is seldom a stronger civic tradition in the United States than filling out a ballotevery four years to elect a president. Trump is fighting Democrats, DeSantis is fighting a mouse, said a member of the Florida GOPs state executive committee who supports DeSantis running for president. General elections are scheduled to be held in Mexico in July 2024. For the particular changes in the Constitution relative to the recall election, the Senate voted 90 in favor, 22 against. Voters will elect a new president to serve a six-year term, 500 members of the Chamber of Deputies and 128 members of the Senate. Anyone can read what you share. If Erdogan loses, will there be a peaceful transition of power? DeSantis is the only Republican who can beat Trump. The next Mexican presidential elections are barely on the horizon. They are also a signal to the Supreme Court that there is strong public opposition against the reforms. Mexicans living overseas can vote if they have fulfilled the correct legal procedures. ), Poll shows Trump lagging: Donald Trumps Republican support erodes in Iowa, even as many remain committed, Republican loyalty pledge: RNC chair says 2024 GOP candidates must sign pledge to participate in debates. Mexicans will vote to fill more than 20,000 posts. Hosted by Sabrina Tavernise. The issue with this early dispute is that the government, which should be focused on attracting investment, combating organized crime and rebuilding a severely deprived public health sector after the pandemic, is instead laser-focused on the 2024 elections. Most polls show Sheinbaum as the front-runner in the race, followed by Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo Ebrard. Lpez Obrador, whose grievances with the INE date back to his failed 2006 and 2012 presidential bids, said these changes would guarantee clean and free elections. Former governor on White House campaign: 'Why not me? Large campaigns require in-house planning, and this has been vendors: assemble week in Tallahassee, said a third source familiar with the meetings. If, on the other hand, the middle class stays home on election day, Morena will remain in power, at least at the executive branch, for another six years. Original music by Dan Powell and . Biden was sworn into office Jan. 20, 2021. One of the sources emphasized that it would be an exploratory committee, with the official launch coming soon after. A pugnacious leftist, Lpez Obrador was the architect of the first so-called recall referendum in modern Mexico, describing it as vital to confirm his democratic mandate. [5] In October of the same year, the Mexican Senate approved the recall election in general, with 98 votes in favor, 22 against, and one abstention. MEXICO CITY After a successful showing in gubernatorial elections in June, Mexicos ruling MORENA party is turning its attention to the 2024 presidential elections. Mexican general election does not occur in 2023. The public debate centers almost exclusively on who the MORENA candidate will be. But the changes signal Lpez Obradors nostalgia for his own days in the PRI and a yearning for one-party rule, said Juan Cruz, former senior director for Western Hemisphere affairs at the National Security Council in the Trump administration. Delivered Wednesday. MEXICO CITY, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Mexican lawmakers on Wednesday approved a controversial overhaul of the body overseeing the country's elections, a move critics warn will weaken democracy. After that, the party's candidate is likely to take center stage. Maybe the Feb. 6 earthquake was just that. Schools and most businesses are open. Reporters asked DeSantis about his lagging poll numbers. One of Lpez Obrador's main policy initiatives has been to save the state-owned oil company that Crdenas founded from crushing debt and low oil production. Washington Post, which admittedly is not a great fan of AMLO, titled Who Will Be Mexicos Next President? Its also concerning to note that major opposition figures who have stated an interest in competing in 2024 are facing investigations and criticism from government figures and entities controlled by AMLO or his allies. Our countries are not isolated islands, said Lorenzo Crdova Vianello, director of INE. Presidential elections and congressionalmidterm elections are always held in even numberedyears (e.g. The presidents critics pointed to the low overall turnout as anything but a mandate for Mr. Lpez Obrador and his efforts to transform the country. These elections were characterised by its normalcy when it comes to electoral and democracy standards. Policymakers in Washington dont agree about much, but theres a striking bipartisan consensus on one issue: China. This tracker was initially published March 19, 2019 and has since been updated. Evening roundup with our editors favorite stories of the day. The undisputed winner, beyond the war of figures and narratives, is the I.N.E., said Carlos Bravo Regidor, a political analyst. I think it was a very good turnout, taking into account very unfavorable conditions for people to vote: there was no clear opponent, there was no competition., She added: It was almost like a symbolic battle.. AMLOs other potential choice is Adn Augusto Lpez. A hint came one week after the June elections, when President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obradors party held a huge rally in Mexico state, where the governorship is up for grabs next year. Emmanuel Macron served Xi Jinping a strategic triumph on a silver platter. The latest news, analysis, and data from the country each week. By gutting the INE, one of the countrys most revered and respected agencies, Lpez Obrador threatens to end the longest period of political stability and democratic governance in Mexicos modern historymuch of which has been owed to the watchdog role played by the INE. the governments unpopular economic policies and its slow response to the Feb. 6 earthquake, which claimed more than 50,000 lives. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. Mexicowhich has only held what are considered free and fair elections since 2000, when Vicente Fox was elected president with the National Action Party (PAN)is a democracy in diapers, Castaeda said. With little response, the Trump attacks have helped redefine DeSantis with Trumps intense political base, of which DeSantis will have to erode to be viable in a 2024 Republican presidential primary. But Berthin noted that 22 of the 35 countries in the Americas are staying the democratic course, and four nations are even improving. Presidential elections are held in the United States every four years. All polling stations opened on time, the National Electoral Institute showed once again its ability to organise and supervise elections without [] Others in the governors orbit, however, have argued that that date would be too soon, according to two of those sources. Polls have been carried out by various organisations and aggregated by the Americas Society Council of the Americas. The states current MORENA-affiliated governor, Layda Sansores, has accused him of illicit enrichment during his 20152019 mandate and released incriminating recordings. We like her education, her prudence, Martinez said. What a New York court case revealed about the war on drugs. DeSantis has brushed off questions about his 2024 aspirations, often in an awkward fashion, which has amplified the idea he might not be ready for the presidential spotlight. Disney sues DeSantis, as the Florida Gov. The reforms, spearheaded by Lpez Obrador, would slash the agencys budget, shrink civil service staffing, and strip the agencys independence ahead of the 2024 presidential elections. Nine out of ten Mexicans voting on Sunday in an unprecedented recall election engineered by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador backed him to stay in office, underlining his . [1], The President is elected by first-past-the-post voting. Lopez Obrador's successor is scheduled to be elected in June 2024. The leader of Turkeys main opposition party, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, is currently leading in the polls. The backsliding would be returning to something where you guarantee that you close a space for opposition parties, Cruz said. The president has launched attacks on the electoral institute (INE), which has guaranteed free and fair elections over the past 20 years, including the one AMLO himself won in 2018. Join the conversation on this and other recent Foreign Policy articles when you subscribe now. But more than 90 percent of those who did turn out voted in favor of the president completing his six-year term, according to preliminary results from Mexicos electoral watchdog. [8], Despite being planned for 2021, the constitutional changes stipulated its realization one year later, in 2022. They are also a signal to the Supreme Court that there is strong public opposition against the reforms. This page was last edited on 25 November 2022, at 15:39. Do you agree that Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador, President of the United Mexican States, should have his mandate revoked due to loss of confidence or that he should continue in the Presidency of the Republic until his period concludes? Mexican President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador speaks in Mexico City on June 28, 2022. For the poor, Morena is seen as a champion of their causes, working to end corruption, one of AMLOs catch phrases, although according to the World Justice Project index, Mexico has fallen nine points in just the last year to 113th place out of 139 countries in terms of fighting corruption. And other countries are operating, at present, without notable interruptions, including Argentina, which will hold federal elections later this year, as well as Uruguay, which has elections in 2024. Monday, March 6, 2023 Approval Tracker: Mexico's President AMLO By Carin Zissis Check support levels for Andrs Manuel Lpez Obradorand polling for potential successorsas he enters the last two years of his presidency. The leader of Turkeys main opposition party, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, is currently leading in the polls. The citys mayor, Claudia Sheinbaum, a member of his party, is widely assumed to be among the likeliest contenders for the nations top job after Mr. Lpez Obradors term is up. [7] In December, once endorsed by 17 state congresses, the decree was published in the Official Journal of the Federation. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. Edited by Liz O. Baylen and Mike Benoist. Mexicans cast their vote at the general election every 6 years. So while a lot of time over the next two and a half years will be spent looking at potential candidates records and characters in all of the parties, it may not really matter. Morena, which formally became a party in 2014, rode the wave of AMLO's landslide win in 2018 to gain 275 of the 500 seats in the Chamber of Deputies. Although Mr. Lpez Obrador fell far short of the 40 percent participation required to make the results count, marshaling more than 15 million people across the country to vote in his favor underscores his ability to mobilize his base at a time when his governments achievements are under scrutiny. It feels like a team that is staffing up, not scaling down.. So what is there to predict if the poor have the numbers and are willing to sell their votes to the highest bidder?
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