Supreme Court invalidates major election reform legislation.
The Supreme Court of Mexico has invalidated the second part of the federal government's electoral reform package, which was passed by the ruling Morena party and its allies in Congress earlier this year. The court ruled that the legislation was rushed through without adequate time for lawmakers to understand and debate it, violating the principle of democratic deliberation. The reform package had slashed the budget of the National Electoral Institute (INE) and limited the powers of the Federal Electoral Tribunal, among other effects. The INE will now recover powers it lost during the brief period that the legislation was in effect.
