This Sunday, tens of thousands of people demonstrated against President Lopez Obrador’s electoral reform project. ” Wake up citizens is the title on the front page of Diario of Yucatanthe subtitle of which is: Thousands of people took to the streets across the country to defend Mexican democracy », among others in Monterrey, Guadalajara, Cuernavaca. The photos are to be seen on the front page of Reformed.
sintesis recalls that in June, President Manuel Lopez Obrador presented a reform of the electoral system, more precisely of the INE (National Electoral Institute) in charge of organizing the elections. However, before the creation of the IFE (Federal Electoral Institute) – the predecessor of the INE created in 2014, “ the elections were not organized by an independent institution “, remember The Razon“ and it was only afterwards that there was an alternation – after 71 years of PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party) in power […]. It was the fear of losing these rights that threw thousands of citizens of all socio-economic levels, from different parties and civil organizations into the streets this Sunday. “. In his speech during the march, reports Excelsiorthe first president of the INE, José Woldenberg, rejected the pretense of aligning the electoral bodies with the will of the government “. In short, ” we do not touch the INE is the title of the editorial in The Razon.
But the Mexican press is far from unanimous on this demonstration. Excelsior affirms that in Mexico City this Sunday many of the demonstrators did not know what the reform proposed and that the march was structured by speeches of hatred and racism ” to which we had put on democratic clothes – a habit of the Mexican right “. And especially, ” the electoral reform does not claim to make the INE disappear, on the contrary “, believes Excelsior: it is, complete Universal“ to reduce the electoral bureaucracy and its salaries “.
In the United States, the Democrats keep the Senate
After the midterm elections, the Democrats maintain a majority in the Senate, with at least half of the seats, ie fifty plus the voice of Vice-President Kamala Harris to give them, if necessary, a majority. The Democrats, writes the New York Times, will therefore be able to continue to confirm the people appointed by Joe Biden, and block the legislation of the Republicans if they win the House of Representatives. ” Whether “, note Politicobecause the Democrats hope today “ something that was unimaginable a week ago “: keep the room – we are still waiting for the results for about twenty seats. But whether that leans one way or the other, the newspaper recalls, ” the winner will have an extremely small majority “, since for the Democrats it is not the announced stampede. Among other things, announcement The Hillthanks to young women aged 18 to 29 who voted 72% for the Democrats.
On the Republican side, notes the New York Timesin this Sunday’s television broadcasts, ” we started to distance ourselves from Donald Trump “. ” Five days after a disappointing midterm election and two days before Donald Trump’s scheduled date to announce his 2024 presidential candidacy », completes the washington post. But suddenly, the former president is no longer the only one thinking about 2024: “ Many donors and officials are already raving about Florida Governor Ron DeSantis “, notes the newspaper, which affirms that other “ potential Republican candidates — from former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to Vice President Mike Pence to Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin — are already quietly considering what their own presidential candidacy might look like “.
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In Haiti, a march to denounce crimes against journalists
The march was organized this Sunday in Port-au-Prince at the call of the online media collective, writes Alterpress. Objective: to denounce the numerous assassinations perpetrated against journalists in Haiti in the exercise of their functions “. The demonstration ended in front of the Delmas 33 police station, where, on Sunday October 30, journalist Romelson Vilcin died, after being hit in the head with a canister of tear gas thrown by a police officer, the online agency recalls. In fact, Me Arnel Rémy affirmed during the march that “ no press conference of the police institution will be covered by online journalists if the PNH [Police nationale d’Haïti ndlr] refuses to give the results of the investigation “.
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650 Haitians arrested in the Dominican Republic
650 Haitians were arrested by the army this weekend in the Dominican Republic by the army, says the Dominican newspaper Listin Diariotaken back by Gazette Haiti. The detainees were transferred to the fortress of Beller in Dajabon, they must be deported to Haiti. However, remember Listin Diario, last week, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights asked the Dominican Republic to suspend deportations of Haitians. But on the contrary, the administration of President Luis Abinader wrote El Diataken a series of measures to reduce Haitian immigration – the latest on Saturday, when ” Haiti is experiencing a whole series of problems of insecurity and political and economic instability “.