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Weaknesses exposed in Jalisco’s electoral affirmative action law

A candidate has been stripped of her right to represent her party as the “diversity representative” in the upcoming state legislature after the Jalisco Electoral Tribunal (TRIEJAL) failed to find sufficient evidence that she suffered from a serious disability.

pg2b copiaMexico has one of the most advanced gender parity systems for elections. The country’s constitution and electoral laws mandate that 50 percent of candidates for congressional and municipal elections must be women.  Recent changes to the affirmative action laws in Jalisco went even further, requiring that a certain percentage of candidates for elections belong to underrepresented groups, such as people with disabilities or from the LGBTQ+ community.

Cecilia Márquez Alkadef Cortés was included on the Morena Party’s list of plurinominales (proportional representation nominees) as a representative for “grupos vulnerables” (vulnerable groups).   Márquez, a former federal legislator for Morena in the 2021-24 Chamber of Deputies (she was also elected by proportional representation), has of late been seen walking with a cane she also posted videos of herself online but the extent of her disability was called into question as previously she had rarely used one.

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