:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/GC7AMV2W65DENNQYG32JDH3TT4.jpg "Jucopo accused the TEPJF of violating the rights of candidates seeking to chair the INE")
The Policy Coordination Council (Jucopo) of the Chamber of Deputies recalled this Thursday that the Electoral Tribunal of the Judiciary of the Federation (TEPJF) does not have the power to order them to quintet candidates to join the presidency of the National Electoral Institute (INE) is composed only of womento respect the principle of gender alternation.
And it is that the deputy of Morena, Ignacio Mieraccused the magistrates of the Electoral Tribunal of overstepping and invading the jurisdiction of the Lower House, for having asked them to edit callwhich caused a “significant affect” on the rights of the 664 applicants that have been recorded.
“(The TEPJF) pronounces sentences that are impossible to respect because it does not have the power to intervene in the trial of public citations which is the exclusive responsibility of the Chamber of Deputies”
“In the process of alleviating the most recent convictions of the TEPJF and those that may eventually come, this grassroots representation will uphold the rights of aspirants to be treated with equality and equal consideration for the diversity they represent,” said he added. underline. .
For this reason, he announced that Jucopo will send TEPJF a 14 question quizin order to “clarify” “meaning and consistency” of its resolution. They are among themselves:
– What is the constitutional and legal support that determines the alternation of genders to hold public office?
– Can the bases of the Appeal be modified once the next stage of the process of electing the Directors of the National Electoral Institute is closed and started?
– Does the principle of alternating the sexes discriminate against men and non-binary people who already have acquired rights who compete for the presidency of the General Council of the National Electoral Institute?
As part of these statements, the court recalled that the Chamber of Deputies did not publish the amended appeal in the Parliamentary Gazette and the Official Gazette of the Federation (DDL).
On February 23, the Superior Chamber of the TEPJF ordered that the INE be chaired in the next administration by a Womenafter the departure of Lorenzo Córdova.
With four votes in favor and two against, the magistrates approved the modification of the summons issued by Jucopo, noting that the principle of alternating the sexes has not been respected.
President Reyes Rodríguez and magistrate Felipe de la Mata voted in favour, along with magistrates Mónica Soto and Janine Otálora.
When speaking during the hearing, the magistrate Monica Soto underlined that since the birth of the Federal Electoral Institute (today INE), it has never been chaired by a woman.
He even questioned that in the convocation of the deputies to renew the four spaces of the General Council, two are for men, one for womenand the presidency can participate both sexes.
“To achieve full, effective and substantial equality, it is necessary to take measures in favor of women that accelerate their representation in public spaces, such as the presidential ones in the authorities, in this case the electors, who are d ‘great importance for democracy’
For his part, the judge Janine Otalora explained that since the establishment of the electoral body, it has had 12 male presidents and only two directors have provisionally directed it while appointments were made.
Otherwise, Judge Felipe Fuentes Barrera said that the call in progress complies with the parity parameter because the presence of women in the integration of the INE is favored and he underlined that by establishing that the quintet for the presidency is mixed, the principle of equality between the sexes is ensured.
“The historical context of the integration of the INE requires that the presidency be held by a woman, which would amount to concretizing the principle of parity. Although this is a legal issue, it is also consistent,” he said.