MEXICO CITY: Tens of thousands of Mexicans protested on Sunday against an electoral reform approved by the ruling party-controlled Congress that is widely perceived as an attack on democracy ahead of 2024 presidential polls.
"It is a setback to democracy ... This man wants to control the election," protester Alejandro Rodriguez, a lawyer age 61, told AFP. The Bill is a watered-down version of more radical reforms he originally sought that sparked mass street protests against a perceived attack on the INE, designed to safeguard elections from political tampering.It claims the changes would eliminate 85 per cent of its career staff, and scrap 300 district boards crucial to organizing elections for the country's 93 million voters.
He argues the reform will improve the system, and has claimed the protests were being orchestrated by a group of"corrupt" people who want power for themselves.
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