The National Electoral Institute (INE) of Mexico reported that it accredited 1,309 requests from foreign visitors to observe the June 2 elections, which represents the highest number since 1994 when foreign participation in the country’s elections began.
For its part, the Permanent Conference of Political Parties of Latin America and the Caribbean (COPPPAL) announced that it will send a mission of 120 observers from 30 countries to Mexico.
The COPPPAL mission has turned out to be the largest, followed by the observer team of the Organization of American States (OAS), with 100 representatives, the Global Alliance of Young Politicians, with 94, and the United States Embassy in Mexico , with 76.
In a statement, the INE specified that in total it received 1,355 applications, but of that number 1,309, that is, 96.6%, were accredited after meeting the requirements established by the General Council of the organization; 46 were rejected, 3.4%.
Of those rejected, 42 were for not submitting complete documentation within the established deadlines; two for failing to comply with the signature criteria indicated by the General Council of the INE and two more for being recognized as Mexicans, in accordance with the Constitution.
OAS concerned about violence
The OAS, an organization directed by Luis Almagro and which will send a team to the elections, signed an agreement with the INE to guarantee observer access to all stages of the electoral process.
The hemispheric organization recognized “its concern about the incidents of violence that have occurred in the context of these elections and particularly regrets the loss of human life.”
So far, the electoral campaign is one of the most violent in Mexico with more than 30 candidates murdered.
The government of Mexico, in this sense, announced that it has deployed 27,245 security agents to carry out patrols and provide a deterrent presence against crime.
In the June 2 elections, the largest in the history of Mexico, more than 98 million citizens are called to the polls to renew more than 20,700 positions, including the Presidency, the 500 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and the 128 of the Senate, as well as nine state governments, including Mexico City.
Closing of campaigns
Three days before the closing of campaigns in Mexico, the ruling party, Claudia Sheinbaum, and the opposition Xóchitl Gálvez, have stepped on the accelerator this weekend in the final stretch of their campaigns and in the process of succeeding President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
The nine states of Mexico that will change governments are: Chiapas, Mexico City, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Morelos, Puebla, Tabasco, Veracruz and Yucatán, in several of which both coalitions face close competition.
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