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2021 Mexican Local Elections
Local elections are scheduled to be held in Mexico on June 6, 2021. Local elections will be held for thirty state congresses, 1,900 town halls (''ayuntamientos'' or municipalities), Mexico City borough mayors, municipal boards and municipal presidents. Fifteen gubernatorial elections and federal legislative elections will be held the same day. Governors of 25 states and Mexico City signed an agreement with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) to stay neutral during the elections, to allow the free will of the people, to reject money from organized crime, and to refrain from using official funds to support any particular candidates or parties. The ''Instituto Nacional Electoral'' (INE) canceled 49 candidates affiliated with for failing to report expenses related to their pre-electoral campaigns. The party was fined MXN $6,714,893.30. Two gubernatorial, 25 federal deputies, six local deputies, 12 municipal presidents, and four borough president candidates were affecte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 In Mexican Politics And Government
Events pertaining to 2021 in Mexican politics and government. Monthly events January *January 1 **The minimum wage is increased 15% to MXN $123.22 generally and MXN $185.56 along the northern border. **Single-use plastics are banned in Mexico City (CDMX). *January 2 **Governor Carlos Mendoza Davis of Governor of Baja California Sur, Baja California Sur vetoes the 2021 state budget. **The farm lobby criticizes Andrés Manuel López Obrador's decision to ban Genetically modified food, genetically modified corn, and Organic farming, organic farmers praise it as a move that should protect smaller farmers. *January 4 – President López Obrador offers political asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is in the United Kingdom pending extradition to the United States for trial on espionage charges. *January 5 – Tatiana Clouthier Carrillo becomes Secretariat of Economy, Secretary of Economy (SE) nearly a month after being named to the post. *January 11 – The ''Instituto N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |