He Counselor of the Legislative Branch of the PRD in the INE, Emilio Álvarez Icazaacknowledged that he has no elements to argue that there was electoral fraud and warned that the vote count that will be done in the district counts will not change the results.
During the extraordinary session, he added that “Acknowledging defeat is not synonymous with ignoring abuses.”illegalities, inconsistencies, or disagreements”, so it is necessary to review all the inconsistencies that have been reported between the PREP and the results shown by the “sheets” stuck outside the boxes.
He recalled that in 2018 “a little more than 70 percent of the electoral packages” were opened despite the victory of López Obrador, so he considered it natural that in 2024 63% of electoral packages are reviewed in presidential votes and 70% in the case of senatorial elections.
He said that even when the inconsistencies detected by citizens who sympathize with Xóchtil Gálvez are reviewed, one cannot speak of fraud and he does not believe that the results of the election will change.
Do I have evidence to say that there was fraud? Of course not. I am not one of the people who can say that there was improper manipulation; no I dont think so.
In this framework, he considered that the objective of the countor is it addressing the concerns of voters and give certainty to the electoral result.
“I do think it is very important to review the PREP, yes I do, because we have found inconsistencies, differences, and those inconsistencies and differences worry many people. And it seems to me, not only a valid, legitimate concern, but it has to do with the certainty and meaning of what we want is electoral certainty, which is also one of the principles of this authority, as reflected in the Constitution and the results. “They will be what they will be,” he stated.
That this is going to differentiate the presidential election, honestly, I personally do not believe it, I do not believe that the result is going to change, and that must be said.
During the session of the General Council of the INE, he said that the “Force and Heart for Mexico” coalition at some point “will have to accept the definitiveness of the results,” even when they have been contrary to the PAN-PRI-PRD alliance.
“I do not honestly believe that the count is going to generate a difference, but I do believe that it is a right, I do believe that there is a legitimate doubt, I do believe that it is a legal exercise, it is a necessary exercise and one that seems to me to help the certainty,” he stated.
While, the electoral advisor of the INE, Uuc-Kib Espadas Ancona, He ruled out that “electoral fraud” had been recorded during the last presidential elections as some supporters of Xóchitl Gálvez maintain.
Espadas maintained that “There is a malicious smear campaign, “To continue hitting this institute, they include versions such as the resignation of the head of the IT unit due to fraud, when that resignation occurred in December of last year (2023).”
He added that there are speculations “about how the PREP has been assaulted, that reminds me of the fantasies of 2006 in an impressive way, obviously fallacious statements are made.”
