Law against feminicide: PRI sees it as insufficient, Morena prioritizes it

The president of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Deputies, Kenia López Rabadán (PAN), questioned the decision of the National Electoral Institute (INE) to remove the debate on the regulation of early campaigns from its agenda. He considered that the authority must act independently to stop these acts, especially those initiated by Morena in its internal process of selecting candidates for governors for 2027.

“The electoral authority must make an objective, clear and evident analysis, and without any type of subordination to anything. Hopefully the electoral authority can soon make a clear definition so that there are no anticipated campaign events,” he declared at a press conference.

López Rabadán warned that processes initiated outside the electoral calendar, even if they intend to be integrated later, are illegal and must be sanctioned. He insisted that pre-campaigns without legal basis generate bad practice for the country.

Position on Councilor Montaño’s project

The legislator also rejected the project of “General Guidelines to regulate and supervise the processes, acts, activities and propaganda carried out in political processes” promoted by counselor Jorge Montaño. He pointed out that any modification to the law should have been made 90 days before the start of the electoral process, and not now.

“If they want to modify the law, they had up to 90 days before the electoral process began to modify the electoral rules. If we get used to the law being violated and no one saying anything, it will be terrible for the country,” he stated.

The PAN member’s call comes amid Morena’s progress in defining its candidates for 2027, which has raised alerts about possible early acts of proselytism. The INE, for its part, has not issued an official position after removing the issue from the agenda.

The Secretary of the Navy (Semar) reported that in recent days, naval personnel located and disabled two clandestine laboratories in Michoacán and Nayarit. In the operations, 11 reactors of approximately 30 thousand liters were seized, as well as 2.5 tons of chemical precursors and specialized infrastructure for the production of illicit substances.

Details of the operation

According to a statement from the agency, both facilities had a production capacity of more than 17.5 tons per month. The estimated value in the illicit market reaches 412 million dollars. Semar stated that this seizure represents resources that stopped strengthening financial structures of criminal organizations.

The laboratories were identified through naval intelligence work, aerial and ground surveillance, operational reconnaissance and coordinated actions between security authorities.

Semar highlighted that under the current administration it has located and disabled a total of 75 clandestine laboratories. This is equivalent to an economic impact for organized crime of 20 thousand 186 million 608 thousand 766 Mexican pesos.

The agency assured that it will continue with these tasks as part of the National Security Strategy. Just on July 14, the Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, Omar García Harfuch, reported that from October to June the Security Cabinet has dismantled 2,627 clandestine laboratories and methamphetamine concentration areas. In addition, it reported 498.98 tons of drugs seized, including 5 million 546 thousand fentanyl pills.

The National Electoral Institute (INE) will discuss this Thursday the guidelines to regulate the so-called “advance campaigns”, the period in which the parties choose their candidates for the 2026-2027 Electoral Process. The proposal, promoted by counselor Jorge Montaño, seeks to avoid abuses and guarantee an even floor among applicants.

What do the new guidelines contemplate?

The project establishes that internal selection expenses be charged to the parties as ordinary expenses, with limits: 3 million pesos for activities of candidates and 800 thousand for events with militants. In addition, the INE may send representatives to public events of the so-called “coordinators” or “defenders” to verify that they are not calling for voting before the pre-campaigns.

It also requires aspiring public servants who have not left office to avoid the use of public resources, submit expense reports and comply with rules on artificial intelligence. The proposal, perfected in working groups with parties, now covers all positions and not just governorships.

Adjustments for the Verification Commission

The General Council will also modify the Commission Regulations to allow the integration of the Candidacy Integrity Verification Commission, created in Claudia Sheinbaum’s electoral reform. Its goal is to prevent organized crime from infiltrating the ballots. Sources from the INE announced that next week the formation of this new body will be defined.