The Mexican President, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, celebrated the election this Friday of Guadalupe Taddei as the first female president of the National Electoral Institute (INE)but that she is indicated for having family ties with politicians of her Government.
The president also applauded in his daily press conference that the appointment of Taddei, for the period from 2023 to 2032, has occurred through a draw in the Chamber of Deputies where three other councilors were also elected.
I am pleased that this election of the four new directors has already been carried out, that it has been done by lottery, because there were 20 candidates, women and men, and there were four left, and it was through insaculation, so I see it well,” López said. Workshop.
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The arrival of Taddei, with 28 years of experience in electoral matters and current president of the Transparency Institute of Sonorais marked by controversy because the Technical Evaluation Committee (CTE) pointed it out as an unsuitable profile due to its closeness to members of the ruling party.
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The new president of the INE is the aunt of Pablo Daniel Taddeiwhom López Obrador appointed as director of the new state company LithiumMxand is a cousin of Jorge Luis Taddei, delegate of the Welfare programs of the Government of the northern state of Sonorawhere the new president is from.
She is also the aunt of Ivana Celeste Taddeilocal deputy for Morena in Sonora, and Jorge Carlos Taddei, former regional director of the National Commission for Protected Areas.
I don’t know her. I know her family, yes, and yes, they are progressive and democratic people, and honest people, ”López Obrador commented on this.
The president defended the new president by pointing out her career, including positions at the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) and the INE.
“She is an experienced woman, look at her career,” he said. “Conservatives don’t like anything that’s proposed on our part, conservatives don’t like anything.”
The official will replace the current president of the INE on April 4Lorenzo Córdova, whom López Obrador has accused of belonging to the opposition and wanting to compete in the 2024 presidential elections.
In addition, the official will arrive at the organization in the midst of the controversial electoral reform of López Obrador, now challenged before the Supreme Court of Justice, with which he intends to cut the budget, powers and structure of the INE towards the elections.
This change is going to take place and we must continue insisting that these privileges end,” said the president.
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