Mexico Congress Takes First Step to Scrap Regulatory Bodies
- Lower house passed constitutional reform, goes to Senate now
- Plan seeks to end organizations like transparency institute
The new Congress is sworn in at the Saint Lazarus Legislative Palace in Mexico City on Sept. 1.
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Mexican lawmakers took the first step toward eliminating several autonomous watchdogs, including the antitrust regulator and the transparency institute, as part of a broader reform push.
The lower house of Congress on Wednesday night in a 347-128 vote approved the general text of a constitutional proposal to scrap the oversight bodies. The lawmakers approved individual articles of the bill Thursday, clearing the way for it to advance to the Senate, where the ruling coalition only needs one more vote to reach the two-thirds majority required to pass such legislation.