The curtain opens in San Lázaro: the casting for the INE begins
The Chamber of Deputies turned on the spotlight this Wednesday. The interview process began with the 100 finalists seeking one of the three vacant seats on the General Council of the National Electoral Institute. This is not just another bureaucratic procedure, friends. It is the final audition for those who will be referees on the most important field: our democracy.
For three intense days, the evaluation committee will put each candidate under the magnifying glass. They won’t just review your resume. They will be subjected to scrutiny regarding their track record, ethical principles, knowledge of the system and, above all, their ability to resolve the electoral problems that lie ahead.
“The process has been developed with transparency,” said Ángelo Fernando Cerda Ponce, one of the first to take the bench.
Cerda came away confident from his evaluation this morning. Along with him, other names such as Bernardo Valle Monroy and Patricia Avendaño also showed confidence. Everyone knows that they are in the final stretch of a race for a position that defines credibility.
Why this casting matters more than any other
My father taught me that politics is not a distant spectacle. It affects the price of tortillas, security in the neighborhood, and the future of my daughters. And the INE is the shield that protects that our voice counts equally.
These three vacancies are not simple administrative positions. They are the chairs from which it will be guaranteed that the next elections are clean, fair and credible. The House has it in its hands to elect the guardians of that pact.
The committee promises to look for “the most prepared profiles.” We will see if behind the technical script there is real political will to choose the best, or if it ends up being another quota distribution. The show has just started, and we’re all in the front row.
