TEPJF plans to ratify INE agreement on allocation of seats

Mexico City. The Electoral Tribunal of the Judicial Branch of the Federation (TEPJF) plans to ratify the agreement of the National Electoral Institute (INE) on the allocation of federal deputies that it resolved last Friday and that gives the qualified majority to Morena and its allies in San Lázaro.

Dissatisfied with this decision, the PAN, PRI and MC each presented their respective challenges in which they asked the judges to verify that the limit of overrepresentation is by coalition and not by individual political party.

However, Judge Felipe de la Mata Pizaña announced the draft resolution that he will present to the plenary in a public session, in which he confirms the decision of the INE, in addition to rejecting the amicus curiae presented by various civil society organizations, considering that this legal figure cannot be recognized as it is presented, since “the intention of those appearing is not to increase the knowledge of the judge, but to influence his judgment in a specific sense in relation to the legality of the contested agreement.”

The magistrate’s proposal states that the PAN, PRI and MC’s argument is “unfounded” because no constitutional rule requires Congress to consider coalitions when calculating overrepresentation, so that “the alleged omission” pointed out by the parties that oppose the allocation of deputies is non-existent.

Tomorrow is the deadline for the TEPJF to resolve these appeals, since both chambers will be installed on Thursday, August 29 and there should be no pending trials on this issue.

The Higher Chamber of the Court has received, directly and through the regional chambers, a total of 5,317 means of appeal against the INE agreement, corresponding to the allocation of federal deputies by the principle of proportional representation.

Regarding these challenges, Judge Felipe de la Mata is planning for his peers to ratify the institute’s decision regarding what the parties challenged, so the responses that this collegiate body will give to the lawsuits filed by citizens against this allocation of pluris, the majority against that of deputies, are pending.

“Based on the Constitution and the electoral law, the magistrates of this jurisdictional authority will analyze and resolve the challenges within the established timeframes so that the Legislative Branch is integrated,” says the TEPJF.

Although the draft rulings regarding the Senate seats have not been published, the one on the allocation of seats is intended to confirm the INE agreement as it is “unfounded” because it is based on the premise that by having participated in a coalition, Morena, PT and PVEM exceed the limit of over-representation established by law for each party, and this is not the case.

The magistrate reiterated that the cherry-colored party has 236 deputies, so there is no overrepresentation and even assuming effective membership, it would have 257 seats, and would not reach 300 to go beyond what is established by the Constitution.