Politics · Mexico · 5 hrs ago
Sheinbaum says INE allegations do not require other officials to resign
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said other INE councillors do not need to resign over allegations involving the electoral body’s chair, Guadalupe Taddei.
The allegations concern Taddei and contractors, and Sheinbaum said they do not extend to other councillors.
The INE organizes elections in Mexico, and the country is preparing for its 2027 election process.
Sheinbaum said the allegations would not prevent that process from continuing.
She also said the Financial Intelligence Unit should say whether it has other lines of investigation into INE contracts and related spending.
In 2023, the unit froze a supplier’s accounts, but a court challenge led it to lift the freeze in January 2024, according to Sheinbaum.
President Claudia Sheinbaum said other members of Mexico’s National Electoral Institute do not need to resign over allegations concerning its president, Guadalupe Taddei.
She said the allegations are directed only at Taddei and that the electoral process can continue without disruption.
Sheinbaum said the Financial Intelligence Unit should report whether it has other lines of investigation into contracts and related financial management at the institute.
She recalled that the unit froze the accounts of an electoral institute supplier in 2023, but the freeze was later lifted after a court injunction.
- Who
- President Claudia Sheinbaum said other electoral institute councillors do not need to resign.
- What
- She said allegations of possible corruption involving Taddei and contractors concern the institute’s president, not its other councillors.
- When
- She made the remarks at a press conference; the article was published on October 26, 2026.
- Where
- Mexico. The press conference’s location is not stated.
- Why
- She was asked whether other councillors should resign over the allegations.
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The Financial Intelligence Unit froze the accounts of a supplier to the National Electoral Institute.
The account freeze was lifted after an injunction, according to Sheinbaum.
Sheinbaum said other electoral institute councillors did not need to resign and that the electoral process could continue.
Mexico’s next election is scheduled, according to the article.
- Institute
- National Electoral Institute (INE)
- President of the institute
- Guadalupe Taddei
- Financial authority
- Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF)
- Supplier account freeze
- 2023; later lifted after an injunction
- Next election
- 2027
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What people are saying
In this case, what came out is related to the president of the electoral institute, and, I repeat, fortunately there is a law that resolves how to move forward with the electoral process without a problem.
The Financial Intelligence Unit freezes the accounts of this supplier that has been in the news, in 2023, when Pablo Gómez was leading the unit; there is a freezing of the accounts of one of the suppliers, then an injunction is filed… and the freeze has to be lifted, if I remember correctly, in January 2024.