That’s it. The so-called Plan B of the electoral reform passed the filter of the local congresses.
Claudia Sheinbaum celebrated it this morning as a fait accompli. According to the president, the essence of all this nonsense was simple: “reduce privileges.” Sounds good, right? It always sounds good.
In her National Palace conference, she broke down what she calls the “great achievements” of the package. Six points that, in theory, lower the salary of the political class.
- No to the re-election of legislators.
- Goodbye to nepotism.
- Less money for state legislatures.
- The number of aldermen is reduced.
- The golden pensions (that annoying word) are over.
- Salary cuts and elimination of bonuses and medical insurance for electoral councilors and magistrates.
“This is already a fact for the country, it is only about to be published in the Official Gazette of the Federation,” stated Sheinbaum with that tone of mission accomplished.
But of course, the final procedure is missing. The package must return to the Senate for formal declaration before it appears in the DOF. The president herself explained it:
“It needs to return to the Senate to be able to declare it, they send it to us and then we publish it.”
So technically it is not in effect. But politically, it was already sold as a victory. The narrative is served: privileges, at least on paper, have their days numbered. We will see in practice who is left without dessert.
