:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/B4HI5XYDLFBNHHS7ZWREKM5YC4.jpg "Sonora has approved a reform so that the next governor will last only three years in office")
Alfonso Durazo, current governor, has ratified the constitutional changes and predicts that they will allow greater participation. (PRESIDENCY/DARK ROOM)
Alphonse Durazo Montanogovernor of the state of Sound, has signed a constitutional reform that will have direct repercussions on the next administration of the entity, since the civil servant who assumes ownership of the executive in the entity in 2027 He will only reign for three years..
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The reason for this measure, according to Durazo, is to link the Sonora elections with the federal elections in 2030as this could help minimize the costs of the process and encourage participation.
“With this signature it will be published in the Diario de la Federación and will be fully in force, in 2027 we will elect a governor or a governor for three years and in 2030 the election of the governor or governor will be concomitant with that of the President of the Republic,” the official said.
The constitutional amendment also aims to reduce the costs of the electoral process, the governor said. (Twitter/Alfonso Durazo)
In his own words, the midterm elections, which were to take place in 2027 and 2033 in Sonora, reduce citizen participation election day, which usually does not happen in presidential elections.
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In addition to this, he explained that by synchronizing the two elections, the expenses of the parties would be less, which would translate into a reduction in the costs of the process.
“The objective of this initiative is to reduce the costs of the electoral process and increase participation, electoral participation always decreases in an intermediate election, naturally in a presidential election process it increases, but since they are concurrent, the party expenses will be minor,” Durazo assured.
At a press conference, the governor who took office in September 2021 thanked the deputies of the local Congress for having approved the constitutional reform proposal.
The initiative was presented by Durazo to Congress to address low citizen turnout in the midterm elections. (Twitter/Alfonso Durazo)
It should be remembered that Durazo presented the opinion with a decree-law since September 2022. Initially, it was endorsed by the Governance and Constitutional Points Commission and the 1st December that year, by qualified majority in plenary, it was given the green light.
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“The Plenary of the State Congress approved the bill that reforms various provisions (Articles 22, second paragraph; 46 and 69) of the Political Constitution of the State of Sonora, so that the next governor of the State, for the sole occasion, be elected in 2027 for a three-year termin order to make the votes of the holders of the federal and state executive powers simultaneous from 2030″, was established in the legislative resolution.
The low social participation in local elections was described by the deputies as “an under-analyzed problem”. According to reports from the Preliminary Election Results Program (PREPARATION), in the 2021 elections that gave victory to Alfonso Durazo, there was a turnout of between 40 and 50% of the register.
The person who replaces Durazo Montaño will only govern for three years. (Twitter/Alfonso Durazo)
With this executive order, the next person to reach the governorship of Sonora will perform their job from September 13, 2027 until September 12, 2030.
In addition to the reduction of the mandate which will replace that of Durazo Montaño, the reform envisages a change of date of presentation of the government report of the State Executive, which must be presented to Congress on the day September 13 each yearone month before the date on which, until now, it had been carried out (October 13).