Fecha Publicación: 18-04-2022

The President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), questioned the validity of six proposed lists for new Commissioners of Mexico’s Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) and the Federal Economic Competition Commission (COFECE). The reason that AMLO gave for them being invalid, was that they were only approved by two members of the Evaluation Committee, as opposed to all three. He believes that a third member, which is now part of the Executive Power, should be part of this committee. 

Under the Constitution, the IFT and COFECE should have seven Commissioners; however, both agencies are currently operating with four. A reduced number of Commissioners hampers the institutions’ legal faculties and ability to regulate their respective sectors efficiently. Moreover, it reduces diversity in opinions while increasing the weight of each commissioner’s position in a vote. With seven commissioners, the weight of a commissioner’s vote was 1/7 (14%); now, the weight is 1/4 (25%). Since there are currently only four commissioners, the Chairman’s vote defines the outcome, so in practical terms, two votes could resolve an issue.

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