Mexico is holding, this Sunday (10), a consultation on revocation of mandate, a referendum promoted by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador for the country’s electorate – in Mexico and abroad – to decide whether they want their government to remain in power.
The consultation began this Sunday morning, at 8 am, local time (10 am Brasília time), and the polling stations will receive votes until 6 pm (8 pm Brasília time). Then, at 20:00 local time (22:00 GMT), the population will be able to consult the results of the consultation.
President López Obrador has already cast his vote and shared a photo on his social networks. In the caption, Obrador praises the democratic exercise.
“We participate in the historic democratic exercise that is currently taking place throughout the country. Democracy must be a way of life, a habit for Mexicans so that no one feels absolute. The people are in charge”, says the message.
We participate in the historic democratic exercise that is currently being carried out throughout the country.
Democracy must be a way of life, a habit of Mexicans so that no one feels absolute. The pueblo is the one in charge. pic.twitter.com/0JbJrNPXn0
— Andrés Manuel (@lopezobrador_) April 10, 2022
The revocation of the mandate will be considered valid if at least 40% of the people registered in the nominal list of voters participate. Until March 18, the nominal list consisted of more than 93 million Mexicans, according to data from the National Electoral Institute of Mexico (INE), for which more than 37 million votes would be needed in favor of revocation.
About the query
The consultation takes place after, in March 2019, López Obrador signed a letter addressed to the Mexican people in which he established that a consultation would be held in 2021 to ask citizens whether or not to continue with his mandate or resign.
“I was certainly elected to exercise the presidency for a period of six years, but, as the Magna Carta shows, the people have the right to change the form of their government at any time, that is, the people put and the people take away. ”, wrote Lopez. However, INE temporarily suspended the mandate revocation consultation due to lack of budget at the end of 2021.
Currently, the National Electoral Institute (INE) has a budget of just over US$ 78.2 million (about R$ 373 million) to organize the call for a vote to revoke the mandate. The initial cost was just over US$ 191.2 million (R$ 912 million), according to INE data.
The institution has just over 57,500 polling stations across Mexico for consultation.
On the ballot, Mexicans find the following question: “Do you agree that Andrés Manuel López Obrador, President of the United Mexican States, has his mandate revoked due to loss of confidence or remains in the Presidency of the Republic until the end of the term?”.
López Obrador took office on December 1, 2018 for a six-year term.
Source: CNN Brasil
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