Antonio Baranda and Guadalupe Irízar/ Reform Agency
Thursday, February 23, 2023 | 08:51
CDMX.- Andrés Manuel López Obrador celebrated the fact that the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary (TEPJF) ordered the deputies that the quintet to appoint the president of the National Electoral Institute (INE) be made up only of women, but he avoided talking about profiles.
“It’s very good, very good,” he said.
– A woman guarantees democracy?, she was questioned.
“Women tend to be more honest, more responsible, fairer than men, it’s very difficult, but few are… I’m not going to say it,” he replied.
“That does not correspond to me (who), that corresponds to the INE council, but it is clear that women are responsible and honest, when I was Head of Government the majority of my Cabinet were women and now the same, almost half are women and very good. Through the opposition, we have opened spaces for women in public life, we have contributed to half of the legislature being women and half men, so of course, we totally agree that the participation of women continue to be promoted. women,” he added.
When questioned if Karla Humprey starts as a favorite to preside over the body, the President evaded talking about profiles.
This Wednesday, with four votes in favor and two against, the project proposed by magistrate José Luis Vargas was rejected to confirm the convening of the Political Coordination Board in its terms.
As a consequence, the text was partially modified to guarantee alternation in the presidency of the electoral body, which in more than 30 years of existence has not corresponded to a woman.
The magistrates did not allude to the temporary presidency exercised by María Marván in the transition period from IFE to INE, when the then president, Leonardo Valdés, submitted his resignation in 2013.
The magistrates Janine Otálora and Mónica Soto, and their colleagues Indalfer Infante and Felipe de la Mata, voted to modify the call and guarantee that the quintet for the presidency is only women and not mixed, as the call provided.
