June 28, 2018

Morena, PRD and PT representatives before the General Council of the local meeting of the INE, in the state of Mexico had warned about one special substitution of officials of polling boards – in some cases almost 50 per cent- in key districts like Tecamac, Ecatepec, Nezahualcoyotl, Texcoco La Paz and Nicolás Romero, all in metropolitan zone of the Valley of Mexico.

During the previous session to the polling day of the Sunday, in which given to known the last reports related with activities with the present elections of the 1st of July. Also, they warn about “co-optation” of representatives of the poll boxes of political parties of opposition, who the PRI willing to detect and pay to don’t present. And these representatives opposed that the data of its poll boxes representatives in the poll boxes were “socialized”, as requested the representative of the candidate Jaime Rodriguez “ El Bronco”.

The representative was persistent over and over, to hand the copies of identities and location of the representatives of the party in the districts, but practically the block refused to do it, for the risks that represent, its co-optation “by other parties”, pointed out about the tricolor.

Forward and before the negative of the opposition parties, the representative of the PRI, who has been quiet through of all discussion in this point. It’s been added the negative when the topic virtually was already closed and without give any other argumentation.

Later and before the negative of the opposition parties, the representative of the PRI, who had been quiet through of all discussion in this point. It's added to the negative when the topic virtually was already closed and without give any other argumentation.

By the other hand, Morena, PT and PAN representatives complaint about a dismissed almost massive in some districts, of officials of polling boards, that they pointed out, this can put in risk the political contest if this district of the substitutes also decided in the last moment.

The most dramatic cases of resignation and substitution of poll workers in the last hours, it was reported in Tecamac, where renounce the 40% of the citizens originally choose and trained to work in the poll boxes; in the 43 district of Cuautitlan, renounced the 43.8%; in the 39 district of La Paz, the 31%; in the 29 district of Nezahualcoyotl the 54%, in the 6 district it was substituted the 44.85%.

Also, the 44.85% of officials of polling boards renounced, in the district 6 of Coacalco, meanwhile, in the District 4 of Nicolas Romero, renounced the 46.95%.

Mary Delgado

Translator: Pamela Ortíz