After National Electoral Institute (INE) generally approved a budget of 13.205 million for elections to the Judiciary, president Claudia Sheinbaumhighlighting that this election did not cost that much, considering that there was no funding for political parties.
“We will continue to press, This is not the Ministry of Finance's business, this is INE's business. “Elections should not cost so much, democracy cannot afford that kind of harm to the Mexican people and there are ways to reduce those costs,” he said.
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During the 'morning' conference, the president indicated that it would be the Interior Ministry that would make contact with the party National Electoral Institutethis is to explore alternatives and reduce the cost of options.
“We will continue to emphasize that such enormous resources are not needed, especially if there is no funding for political parties, on this occasion so that Elections in the Judicial Body are very tough”, he highlighted.
Meanwhile, yesterday in a virtual session, the INE National Council unanimously approved a budget for the election of judges, ministers and magistrates next year amounting to 13 thousand 205 million pesos.
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