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Viewing cable 08MEXICO611, CORRECTED MX00608 (FORMAT ONLY) -- IFE REFORMS

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08MEXICO611 2008-02-29 21:47 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Mexico
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FM AMEMBASSY MEXICO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 0725
INFO RUEHXC/ALL US CONSULATES IN MEXICO COLLECTIVE
RHMFIUU/DEPT OF JUSTICE WASHINGTON DC
RUEHC/DEPT OF LABOR WASHDC
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC
UNCLAS MEXICO 000611 
 
SIPDIS 
 
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E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREL PINR AA MX
SUBJECT: CORRECTED MX00608 (FORMAT ONLY) -- IFE REFORMS 
TAKE HOLD 
 
This cable corrects format only of MX00608. 
 
1.  SUMMARY.  Electoral reform legislation adopted last 
September included a provision requiring Congress to replace 
three of the Federal Electoral Institute's (IFE) members by 
December.  Congress, however, proved unable to forge 
consensus around three candidates until February when it 
agreed to appoint each of the candidates nominated by the 
three major political parties represented in the Mexican 
Congress.  Although PRD's candidate Leonardo Valdz Zurita was 
named IFE President, PRD leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador 
(AMLO) rejected the naming of the three as a significant 
advance.  Valdez already caused a minor stir with his 
decision to look into some 262,000 claims of campaign 
violations relating to the 2006 presidential elections. 
Mid-term elections for the Chamber of Deputies scheduled for 
2009 should prove its first noteworthy test. End Summary. 
 
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Recasting the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) 
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2.  The Mexican Congress passed electoral reform legislation 
last September.  Its most important provisions included the 
following: 
 
- No private funding allowed for airtime on television or 
radio. 
 
- Public spending limits for presidential elections cut in 
half. 
 
- Political campaigns limited to three months before the vote. 
 
- Negative campaign messages prohibited. 
 
- A new position of comptroller within IFE created to examine 
the 
bank accounts of the political parties. 
 
- All nine IFE General Council members replaced on a staggered 
basis. 
 
3.  The provision to replace three of the IFE counselors by 
December generated some political controversy.  PRD's AMLO 
had charged that the IFE had demonstrated political bias in 
ruling he had lost an extremely close 2006 presidential race. 
 PRD had made electoral reform a priority as a concession 
from the Calderon administration in exchange for supporting 
fiscal reform.  Historically, IFE has proved one of the 
Mexican government's more respectable, independent 
institutions.  Some within Calderon's PAN party objected to 
agreeing to change its membership out of concern this would 
overly politicize the institution.  Ultimately, however, PAN 
agreed to give Congress the authority to appoint nine new 
counselors to IFE over the next two years. 
 
4.  Congress was not able to forge consensus on the first 
three new appointees to the IFE by the December 13 deadline 
it had set for itself.  However, lengthy negotiations finally 
produced agreement February 07, to appoint the nominee of 
each of three major political parties represented in the 
Mexican Congress.  The three appointed by Congress include: 
 
- Leonardo Valdz Zurita - Appointed to be IFE President with 
his term expiring October 2013.  Valdez, nominated by PRD, is 
regarded as an expert on political and election issues.  The 
founder of a Center focused on electoral procedures, a member 
of the Specialized Group on Electoral Studies at the Mexican 
Council of Social Sciences, and the former Executive Director 
of the IFE's Electoral Organization, Valdez is also a former 
counselor of Mexico City's Electoral Institute (IEDF). 
Valdez taught at el Colegio de Mexico and UAM and worked most 
as an investigator for the University of Guanajuato.  He is 
an economist by profession and holds a PhD on Social Sciences 
from el Colegio de Mexico. 
 
- Benito Nacif Hernndez - Appointed to be an IFE Counselor 
with his term expiring October 2016.  Nominated by PAN, Nacif 
is regarded as an expert on congressional relations with the 
executive branch, political parties, and electoral systems. 
 
He served prior as a coordinator of a legislative project 
focusing on transparency in the Congress and also as Director 
of the Political Studies Division at CIDE (Center of Research 
and Economic Studies - Centro de Investigacisn y Docencias 
Econsmicas).  He has authored several books including 
Understanding the Political Institutions and Understanding 
the Mexican Legislative Power.  Nacif is a public 
 
administrator by profession.  He received his under graduate 
degree from El Colegio de Mexico and holds a PhD in Political 
Sciences from the Oxford University. 
 
- Marco Antonio Baos - Appointed to be an IFE Counselor with 
his term expiring October 2016.  Nominated by PRI, Baos is 
the founder of a consultancy company, DEMOS S.C, on electoral 
procedures.  Baos served as Head of the Department of 
Political Studies at the Interior Secretariat (SEGOB) and 
taught at UNAM, ITAM and UNAP Universities.  He also was one 
of founders of the electoral body that preceded IFE.  A 
lawyer by profession, he received his degree from UNAM. 
 
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Valdez Already Stirring Some Controversy 
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5.  Only several days into his job as IFE President, Valdez 
announced February 21, that he plans to look into the some 
262,000 claims of improper media spots tracing back to the 
2006 presidential campaign.  He has also promised to rule on 
the disposition of the ballots from the 2006 elections which 
are currently occupying significant space in IFE offices.  In 
 
September 2006, IFE acknowledged noteworthy media abuses 
during the 2006 electoral campaigned but ruled Calderon the 
legitimate winner notwithstanding.  It is not entirely clear 
what Valdez intends to accomplish by reopening this 
controversial subject. 
 
6.  Comment:  Congress agreed to turn over membership to the 
IFE and appoint PRD's candidate as IFE President as part of 
an effort to appease PRD claims of bias tracing back to the 
2006 elections.  Nevertheless, PRD leader AMLO has rejected 
all three of the new appointees claiming that each is linked 
to either the PAN or PRI. Valdez's new look at charges of 
improper media spots relating to the 2006 elections may 
generate some controversy but should not call into the 
ultimate results of that election or challenge Calderon's 
legitimacy.  Mid-term elections to the Mexican Chamber of 
Deputies scheduled for July 2009, on the other hand, should 
prove the first noteworthy test of the new IFE's integrity in 
adjudicating Mexican election races.  End comment. 
 
 
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