Mexico’s Supreme Court Halts Electoral Overhaul
Court to hear election agency’s challenge against President López Obrador’s laws
By Juan Montes
THE WALL STRRE JOURNAL, March 25, 2023 9:49 pm ET;
MEXICO CITY—Mexico’s Supreme Court halted President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s overhaul of the electoral system after the nation’s independent electoral agency filed an appeal on grounds that the measures were unconstitutional.
The high court said late Friday that it agreed to hear a legal challenge by the National Electoral Institute, or INE, against more than 200 provisions recently passed by legislators of Mr. López Obrador’s ruling party. The INE has said that the overhaul imposed deep staff and budget cuts that risk crippling its ability to organize reliable elections.
