TEPJF proposes that INE review candidacy for Minister of César Gutiérrez Priego; Point out alleged links with the narco

The Electoral Court (TEPJF) will discuss a project in which it states that the general Council of the INE is pronounced on the consultation to cancel the candidacy of César Mario Gutiérrez Priego to minister of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN), who has been indicated for having links with drug trafficking.

The magistrate project Felipe de la Matawhich would be discussed on Wednesday, proposes that the General Council of the INE be pronounced, within its powers, on this request.

Former Ricardo Alejandro Vazquez presented a brief before him INE requesting the cancellation of the César Gutiérrez Priego registration for breaching with the “enjoy a good reputation” requirement, to hold the position of minister.

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The candidate is the son of Jesús Gutiérrez Rebolloknown as “The anti -drug tsar“, and has already been indicated for having links with organized crime.

In response, the Executive Directorate of Legal Affairs said that it lacks competence to cancel candidacies, which challenged Vázquez.

The project establishes that “in terms of consultations addressed to the INE, the Superior Chamber has determined that, when they deal with the issuance of a general criterion, the interpretation of legal norms or the clarification of the sense of electoral provisions, the power to respond to them corresponds to the CG of the CG of the INE“.

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The magistrate states that the Executive Directorate of Legal Affairs lacks competence to pronounce on the cancellation of candidacies, so that the General Council You must respond to the consultation.

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