Mexican Court Rejects Challenges to Claudia Sheinbaum’s Electoral Victory
Mexico’s President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum, Aug. 9, 2024. Photo: X/ @Claudiashein
August 9, 2024 Hour: 2:49 pm
On October 1, the leftist politician will become the first woman to assume the presidency of Mexico.
On Thursday, the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary of Mexico (TEPJF) validated the results of the district counts from the June 2 elections, which had been contested by parties opposing the administration of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO).
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The decision by the electoral judges confirms leftist politician Claudia Sheinbaum as the president-elect of Mexico for the 2024-2030 term. She will receive the official certification of her office on August 15.
“It is appropriate for me to confirm the totality of the counts given the inefficacy of the arguments made in the challenges,” stated the TEPJF president Monica Soto, who dismissed the allegations presented by the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), the National Action Party (PAN), and Citizen Movement.
These three parties submitted over 230 challenges to the electoral data, arguing that there were irregularities in the process. After the information was analyzed, the majority of the members of the Electoral Tribunal voted against these challenges.
On October 1, Claudia Sheinbaum will become the first woman to assume the presidency of Mexico, after defeating her opponents with a record of 36 million votes, which was ratified by the decision made by the Electoral Tribunal on Thursday.
“The Mexican people clearly gave a mandate: the continuation of the Fourth Transformation of the Republic initiated by President AMLO,” she said in a video after learning of the Court’s decision.
Nominated by the National Regeneration Movement (Morena), Sheinbaum garnered 59.75 percent of the votes, surpassing Xochitl Galvez, who achieved 27.45 percent of the votes, and Jorge Alvarez, who obtained 10.32 percent of the votes.
teleSUR/ JF Source: EFE
