The Constituent Assembly of Mexico City (Asamblea Constituyente de la Ciudad de México) is a body formed to create a new constitution for Mexico City in the wake of the 2016 political reforms that convert Mexico City into a federative entity comparable to the 31 states; with "autonomy in all matters concerning its internal regime and its political and administrative organization."[1] It will be installed on September 15, 2016, and must create the new constitution by January 31, 2017.[2]
The Constituent Assembly is based at the Casona de Xicoténcatl, the former home of the Senate of the Republic, under an agreement between the government of Mexico City and the Senate.[3]
Composition
editThe Constituent Assembly consists of 100 members, which were allocated as follows in the decree of political reform of Mexico City published on January 29, 2016 in the Diario Oficial de la Federación:[2]
- 60 members, chosen in elections organized by the National Electoral Institute, using party list proportional representation
- 14 senators, selected by a two-thirds vote of the Senate of the Republic
- 14 deputies, selected by a two-thirds vote of the Chamber of Deputies
- 6 members designated by the president (Enrique Peña Nieto)
- 6 members designated by the Chief of the Government of the Federal District (Miguel Ángel Mancera)
Elected members
editThe elections for 60 of the 100 seats in the Constituent Assembly were held on June 5, 2016.[4] The 100 members are as follows:[5]
Senatorial designees
edit- National Action Party (PAN)
Deputy designees
edit- National Action Party (PAN)
- Citizens' Movement (MC)
- New Alliance Party (PANAL)
- Social Encounter Party (PES)
- To be designated[6]
Presidential designees
edit- Claudia Aguilar Barroso
- Manuel Enrique Díaz Infante
- Augusto Gómez Villanueva (President of the Constituent Assembly)[7]
- Fernando Lerdo de Tejada
- María Beatriz Pagés Llergo Rebollar
- Claudia Pastor Bobadilla
Mayoral designees
edit- Olga Sánchez Cordero
- Claudia Jusidman
- Ana Laura Magaloni
- Alejandro Chanona
- Porfirio Muñoz Ledo
- Alejandro Encinas[8]
Final composition
edit| Party | Votes | % | Elected seats |
Designees | Total seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Regeneration Movement | 652,286 | 33.06 | 22 | 1 | 23 |
| Party of the Democratic Revolution | 572,043 | 28.99 | 19 | 10 | 29 |
| National Action Party | 203,843 | 10.3 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| Institutional Revolutionary Party | 153,034 | 7.75 | 5 | 16 | 21 |
| Social Encounter Party | 68,639 | 3.47 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| New Alliance Party (Mexico) | 55,178 | 2.79 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Citizens' Movement | 42,068 | 2.1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ecologist Green Party of Mexico | 30,477 | 1.54 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Labor Party | 18,348 | 0.93 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent candidates | 176,918 | 8.9 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 172,821 | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 2,145,655 | 100 | 60 | – | 100 |
| Registered voters/turnout | – | 28.67 | – | – | – |
The winning independent candidate — the only one of 21 to pass the 32,000-vote threshold — was Ismael Figueroa Flores.[9]
Party coordinators
edit- Bernardo Bátiz, Morena
- Santiago Creel, PAN[10]
Notes
edit- ^ Ana Lilia Herrera Anzaldo, the original choice, left the Senate to become the Secretary of Education of the State of Mexico.
- ^ The Labor Party declined to name one of its senators, as it disagreed with the creation of the list of senatorial designees. Romero Hicks of the PAN was selected instead.
- ^ Replaced Pablo Escudero Morales after he was designated President of the Senate.
References
edit- ^ "Mexico City's Political Reform is a triumph of dialogue, democracy and its inhabitants: Enrique Peña Nieto". Office of the President of Mexico. 29 January 2016. (in English)
- ^ a b DOF 29 January 2016 (Evening Edition): "DECRETO por el que se declaran reformadas y derogadas diversas disposiciones de la Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, en materia de la reforma política de la Ciudad de México."
- ^ "Firman convenio de colaboración Gobierno de CDMX y Cámara de Senadores". Gobierno de la Ciudad de México. 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2016-08-19.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Bolaños Sánchez, Ángel (2016-06-10). "Asamblea Constituyente, sin cambios tras recuento de votos". La Jornada. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
- ^ "Los nombres que integrarán la Asamblea Constituyente". Excélsior. 2016-09-13. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
- ^ Notimex (2016-05-24). "Cámara de Diputados publica su lista de integrantes a la Constituyente". Excélsior. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
- ^ "Instalan Asamblea Constituyente de la CDMX". El Universal. 2016-09-15. Retrieved 2016-09-15.
- ^ "Ellos son los 6 constituyentes que designa Mancera". Aristegui Noticias. 2016-09-13. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
- ^ Ríos, Valeria (2016-06-07). "Así quedará la Asamblea Constituyente de la Ciudad de México". Hipertextual. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
- ^ "Designan PAN y Morena coordinadores en Asamblea Constituyente". SDP Noticias. 2016-09-09. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
External links
edit- Constituent Assembly website Archived 2020-02-14 at the Wayback Machine