Overview
- Deputies held a solemn session with 373 of 500 lawmakers present, where Chamber president Kenia López Rabadán urged that constitutional guarantees translate into benefits in schools, hospitals and neighborhoods.
- Opposition speakers from PAN, PRI and MC warned that recent constitutional changes concentrate authority, weaken checks and balances and rely on an “artificial majority,” saying democracy is at risk.
- Morena and allied legislators defended the amendments as measures to recover national sovereignty and social rights, with Leonel Godoy citing the rollback of past “neoliberal” changes and PT backing labor gains such as a 40-hour workweek.
- Coverage highlights the scale of constitutional change, noting tallies such as 256 reforms since 1917 and claims that dozens since 2019 have altered a large share of articles, including measures affecting the judiciary, the National Guard and autonomous bodies.
- After the contentious commemoration, lawmakers recessed and are scheduled to return the week of Feb. 10, and coverage indicates an electoral reform proposal crafted within the ruling movement is expected to reach Congress this month.