Politics · Mexico · 2 hrs ago
30 INE officials linked to former chief resign as review continues
Mexico’s National Electoral Institute says 30 officials close to former chief Guadalupe Taddei have resigned.
The departures include 17 people from her office, among them its chief, and several senior officials.
Taddei has faced allegations of corruption and conflicts of interest, but authorities have not confirmed that the departing officials were involved in wrongdoing.
The institute’s 10 serving electoral councillors are reviewing senior staff, including people connected to Taddei’s office.
They are also examining working relationships and hiring processes flagged by recent public information.
The review matters because the institute says its professional staff’s expertise is important for keeping its work and election processes reliable.
The institute says it will announce future staff changes, while Mexico’s federal audit authority has opened an investigation and may refer the matter to another authority.
Mexico’s National Electoral Institute (INE) says 30 officials linked to former president Guadalupe Taddei have resigned.
The departures include 17 people from Taddei’s office, including its chief, Carlos Daniel Luna Rosas.
Three officials with director-level roles also resigned, including the institute’s national social communications coordinator.
The INE’s 10 active electoral councillors are reviewing senior staff, functional relationships and contracting processes.
Authorities have not officially confirmed that the other officials who resigned were involved in alleged wrongdoing.
- Who
- Thirty INE officials described as close to former president Guadalupe Taddei.
- What
- They resigned from the electoral institute.
- When
- By Tuesday, November 3, according to the reports.
- Where
- Mexico’s National Electoral Institute.
- Why
- The departures came amid scrutiny of alleged corruption and conflicts of interest linked to Taddei. The sources do not state why each official resigned.
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The INE’s 10 active electoral councillors said they were continuing a collective review of senior staff and related contracting processes.
The institute had received 30 resignations, including 17 from Taddei’s office.
News reports on the resignations were published by El Universal, El Financiero and El Economista MX.
- Total departures
- 30 officials
- Former INE president
- Guadalupe Taddei Zavala
- Departures from former president’s office
- 17, including chief Carlos Daniel Luna Rosas
- Director-level resignations
- 3
- Reviewing body
- INE’s 10 active electoral councillors
- Investigation
- Mexico’s Superior Audit Office opened an investigation on its own initiative.
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What people are saying
The review covers the Executive General Board and senior positions, including those related to the former president’s office. It also covers functional relationships and contracting processes that, based on recent public information, should be examined.
The experience and technical capacity of the National Electoral Professional Service are fundamental to the continuity of the Institute’s functions and the certainty of electoral processes.