Mexico Court Backs Candidate Crime Checks 9 to 0
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By opposing the Constitutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) yesterday validated the creation of the Commission for the Verification of Integrity in Candidatures of the National Electoral Institute (INE), which allows the voluntary and confidential evaluation of applicants in the face of a “reasonable risk” of possible criminal links.
The SCJN plenary rejected the PRI's challenge and determined that the evaluation of candidatures does not violate the right to be voted or the presumption of innocence.
The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) unanimously endorsed the establishment of the Commission for the Verification of Integrity in Candidatures of the INE, which will make it possible to review applicants voluntarily and confidentially in the face of a possible “reasonable risk” of links with criminal activities. In resolving a constitutional action initiated by the PRI, the Plenary determined that the mechanism is preventive and in…
Humiliating defeat of Alejandro “Alito” Moreno Cárdenas, a national leader of the PRI, after a setback that the Supreme Court gives to its challenge against the electoral reform. Unanimously, the plenary of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) endorsed the project (84/2026) and declared unfounded the challenge presented by the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) [...]
CDMX.- The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) gave a setback to the PRI's challenge and yesterday validated the new commission of the National Electoral Institute (INE) that will verify the integrity of candidates for public office to prevent the leak of “narcocandidates” on the ballots.
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