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Marco Antonio Baños electoral adviser of the National Electoral Institute (INE), rejected this Friday that the fine of 197 million pesos imposed on Morena for the irregularities of the trust & # 39; Por los Demás & # 39; is a strategy cancel the presidential election .
"It is absolutely false that we wanted him" to throw "the election." The candidate-candidate is Andrés Manuel López Obrador with a convincing triumph, but that does not exclude the responsibility to make transparent what happened. there is way that by this inquiry the election could be canceled, he will be president the next six years, "he assured in an interview for Grupo Formula
According to Article 75 of the General Law of the Electoral Challenges System one of the reasons that could annul the presidential election is if it is verified, objectively and materially, that an election campaign was funded with resources of illegal origin.
Baños specified that, until now, there is no solid evidence that the resources of the trust were intended for election campaigns.
The electoral adviser assured that the advisers of the INE are not moved by a spirit of revenge as has been pointed out in different media Horacio Duarte, representative of Morena before the electorate .
Thursday, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, virtual president-elect, described INE's fine to Morena as "ugly revenge" and assured that his party was not committing any illegality.
Baños also added that the only thing sanctioned was the creation of an irregular trust that was run by Morena officials.
The INE explained that the fine of 197 million pesos was applied because Morena omitted this fund in the income report, in addition to exceeding the limit of cash contributions and resources received from unknown persons and prohibited entities, companies.
"At the confidence they entered 78.8 million pesos (pd) by cash deposits (44 mp), bank checks (14.7 pd), bank transfers and PLEI (19.7 mp ), while they left cash checks 64.4 million pesos mainly to party members, who were collected in cash, "said INE in a statement.
On the other hand, the trust "Por los Demás" assured that the contributions made to the fund for the victims of the earthquakes last September were legal and were delivered to the beneficiaries.
What are the reasons to cancel an election?
Section 75 of the General Electoral Challenges System Act states that a presidential election may be canceled by these conditions:
1. If campaign funding has been done with resources of illegal origin, only if it is verified objectively and materially.
2. Irregularities in the boxes, such as being installed in a different place from the designated one, or that the counting and counting are done at a place different from that indicated by the District Council to which they belong.
Other disadvantages that would invalidate the elections are that it prevents the exercise of the right to vote to citizens or it is proved that he interfered, with intent, in the counting of votes.
3. Do not install at least 25% of the boxes all over the country.
4. If the winning candidate is ineligible.
Candidates for the presidency must not hold public office and must have Mexican citizenship by birth, have resided in Mexico for the entire year prior to election day, and have lived in the country for at least 20 years .
In addition, candidates must be 35 years of age at election time and not belong to the ecclesiastical state or be a minister of any worship.
5. If it turns out that a candidate has exceeded the campaign spending limit or acquired radio and television hours outside the law, there can be extraordinary elections.
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