The Mexican people took to the streets to protest against the election reform imposed by President Obrador.

(Reuters)

[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] A large number of Mexican people gathered on the streets a few days ago to protest against President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's major reforms to the National Election Commission (INE).

This reform will reduce the independence of electoral agencies and even slash the human budget for monitoring voting. Obrador denied that this would pose a threat to democracy.

According to comprehensive foreign media reports, the Mexican people who were dissatisfied with the reforms demonstrated on the streets on the 26th, condemning Obrador's insistence that would hurt democracy. This protest is also the largest protest since Obrador took office.

The protesters vowed to send the "controversial reform" that cuts INE's budget and manpower allocation and significantly reduces INE's responsibilities in the election to the courts, hoping that the appeal will be heard.

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As the protests ignited anger in Mexico, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Brian A. Nichols tweeted that the reforms imposed by Obrador are testing elections and the judiciary independence, "the United States supports independent and well-resourced electoral institutions to strengthen the democratic process and the rule of law".

It is reported that the reform was approved by Congress last week.

If the latest reform is promulgated, the government has the right to cut the salaries of election agency staff, the funds of local election offices, and the manpower budget for training and monitoring polling stations; No authority to impose sanctions.

Obrado slammed the protesters as "elites" and said INE was costing too much government money, which he claimed should be spent on poorer and disadvantaged groups.

A Mexican businessman pointed out that Obrador tried to establish a socialist government because he had imported Cuban-made pneumonia vaccines and medical staff.

INE director Lorenzo Cordova revealed that the reforms aimed at reducing the number of thousands of staff "who can ensure credible elections" will of course pose a risk to the future electoral environment.

However, Obrador believes that the reform will have the support of the people because there is nothing wrong with it.