In Mexico, president proposes electoral overhaul

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he would send his plan to overhaul the country's electoral system to Congress [...] a move that critics argue seeks to concentrate power in the hands of the government. [...] To amend Mexico's constitution, Lopez Obrador's ruling National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) and its allies need a two-thirds majority in Congress. They are well short of that majority, and the bill is likely to face stiff resistance. Lopez Obrador said last month the reform aimed at letting citizens elect electoral authorities with candidates put forward by the executive, legislative and judicial branches. [...] Interior Minister Adan Augusto Lopez told the news conference the legislative initiative also planned to cut the number of members of Congress elected by party lists. [...] The interior minister said the constitutional overhaul would also reduce funding for political parties, lower the cost of elections as well as make it easier for Mexicans living abroad to vote in the country's electoral processes.
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