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The first restriction on reelection was established in the Constitution of 1917, there a lock was placed so that neither the president nor the state governors could continue another term.
This was later extended to the Legislative Branch. In 1933, a constitutional reform was published to avoid the immediate re-election of deputies and senators.
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According to Article 59 of the Constitution, legislators could not be re-elected for an immediate period, but they could do so after an intermediate period, that is, allowing a period to pass between candidacy and candidacy.
The argument was that this would avoid political enclaves and continuity within the federal Congress and the state governments.
The political-electoral reform of 2014 ended this prohibition. These changes, enacted by then-president Enrique Peña Nieto, also included the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) changing to the National Electoral Institute (INE).
This reform allows deputies, senators, as well as local deputies and mayors, councilors and trustees to be elected for up to four terms – each of three years – while senators only for one more, since each one is 6 years. With this, everyone will be able to remain in office for a maximum of 12 years.
Only state governors cannot be re-elected.
The first time that reelection was applied – under the new laws – was in 2021. That year, federal and local legislators, as well as the mayors elected in 2018, were able to seek to remain in office.
Then 139 legislators were re-elected, 107 by relative majority and 32 by proportional representation.
This will be the first time that senators will be able to run for re-election, since their first term ends this year.
According to data from the INE, for the June 2 elections, 467 of the 500 deputies of the Chamber of Deputies will seek a second term. Of these, 277 have a relative majority, that is, they won their seats by the direct vote of the citizens.
While 190 are proportional representation, also multi-member, and they won their seats based on the votes their party obtained.
In the case of the Senate, 88 of the 128 are seeking re-election for the first time. 69 are relative majority and 19 are proportional representation.
The requirements for re-election
In September 2023, the INE approved the rules for the re-election of legislators. There are several locks for those seeking to repeat their position.
Among the requirements that must be met are:
Run for the same party that came to power, or at least for one of the same coalition that nominated them.
Except if they resign or lose their membership before the middle of their term. And they must apply for the same federal entity, federal electoral district or constituency for which they were elected in the previous period.
The INE indicates that candidates for re-election must not be sentenced for crimes against life and bodily integrity; against sexual freedom and security, normal psychosexual development; due to family violence, equivalent family or domestic violence, violation of sexual intimacy or for being declared a delinquent food debtor.
Applicants must not be registered in the National Registry of Persons Sanctioned in Matters of Political Violence against Women for Gender Reasons.
Deputies and senators do not have to leave their current position to run, but they cannot use “human, material or economic resources specific to the assignment for electoral purposes,” according to the INE.
Source: cnnespanol
