In Edomex, each candidate will spend more than 400 million pesos

While the candidates for the government of the State of Mexico, Delfina Gomez there Alejandra Del Moralexpect to be able to register as official flag bearers on April 2 in National regeneration movement (brown) and Institutional Revolutionary Partyat (PRI), respectively, the Electoral Institute of the State of Mexico (IEEM) define what they can spend on the campaign.

The General Council of the Mexican Electoral Institute created in 448 million 801 thousand 622 pesos and 94 cents as resources that each of the candidates can spend in campaign for the June 4 elections in the State of Mexico, which represents an average cost for each Mexican of 26 to 27 pesos, including children who do not vote.

This represents more than 50 percent approvedsince in the year 2017, the assigned number was 285 million pesos. The General Council approved the draft agreement by unanimityin the agreement IEEM/CG/37/2023it is established that the campaign expenditure ceiling, determined by the general council for each political party or coalition, is the amount resulting from the multiplication of 34% of the daily value of the current AMU, by the number of citizens registered in the electoral register. process in the state, cut to the last month before the start of the electoral process.

According to the present value of UMA he had in January was 103.74 pesos per days and the electoral list registered in EdoMéx by the National Electoral Institute (INE) is 12 million 724 thousand 164 votersmultiplying these numbers gives a higher amount of 448 million they can spend on the campaign.

During the session, the members of the IEEM approved in Expressway the expenses that each party, candidate and candidatesince there was no room for questions and answers If in doubt, the deal was simply put to the vote and approved without further ado.

It should not be forgotten that by choosing the year 2011campaign spending was 203 million 393 thousand pesos per candidate; In 2017where he participated Delfina GomezJosefina Vazquez and Alfredo del Mazosave it 285 million and now it increases further, with 448 mdp.

Election campaigns begin on April 3, so each gubernatorial candidate cannot exceed this amount in campaign spending, but the PRI candidate Alejandra Del Moral and her partythey were forced by the IEEM to lower 500 spectacular with the likeness of the former MP for breaking the law with alleged pre-campaign and/or campaign actssince they were distributed along the main avenues of the entire State of Mexico, but this was not recorded as an expense.

“When meeting elements for which an atypical or unusual advertising strategy could exist, because it is propaganda with characteristics and particularities that denote identity in its content, disseminated through shows, in which it seeks to position itself Alejandra Del Moral Velawith the fact that the electoral process to renew the post of Governor is currently underway, which could violate electoral principles and could constitute pre-campaign and/or campaign acts“, had underlined the IEEM.

During the session, a health insurance specifically for collaboration and coordination between National Electoral Institute (INE) and the IEEM in terms of fast countMoreover, the moment was taken advantage of so that the representatives of the Institutional Revolutionary, National Action, PRD and New Alliancethey demanded five debatesWhen by law, only two are affected and the morenista ignored his adversaries.

To this proposal was added that made by the organization “Common Cause” he passed on March 9however, it was not until the 13th that he published a letter on his twitter where he asked the Morena and PRI candidates that they will make a security debatewhere the state that governs the PRI Alfredo del Mazo is frowned upon by high crime ratesy for the cmunicipal and state police corruption.

“For this reason, Causa en Común urges him to make it known security proposals during his campaign for the office of governor of the State of Mexico, and thus encourage citizen participation, emphasizing their proposals on crime prevention, social outreach, victim care, police development and the administration and delivery of justice. The above with the aim of replicating them in debates with the opposition candidate in order to learn their positions and strengthen public policy on these issues within the state,” the statement read.

To this call, only the PRI candidate reacted in her Twitter for this debate to take place and noted that “it is good that civil society is calling for a debate. In the alliance, we also want citizens to know the proposals of their candidates so that they can decide better. We await the response from @delfinagomeza to organize it”, however, the Morenista continues to ignore the PRI, by the way, come second in electoral competition.