López Rabadán urges party members to avoid early campaigning and respect electoral law

Kenia López Rabadán, president of Mexico's Chamber of Deputies, has issued a stern warning against any premature campaign activities for the upcoming 2027 elections. She stressed that aspirants for public office must not operate above the law and are obligated to respect the electoral timelines established by legislation.

Responding to questions about legislators from Morena and the Green Party taking leaves of absence to compete for governorships, López Rabadán asserted that the primary duty of those seeking new positions is to adhere to the legal deadlines for campaigning. "We need to avoid premature campaign activities. We have a legal framework to respect, and no member of any political party aspiring to public office has the right to violate the law," she stated.

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We need to avoid premature campaign activities. We have a legal framework to respect, and no member of any political party aspiring to public office has the right to violate the law.

López Rabadán pointed out that electoral processes have specific periods for pre-campaigns and campaigns. Any attempt to start early constitutes not only an illegality but also an immoral act. "Anyone who attempts to violate the law, in addition to being an illegal act, will clearly be an immoral act," she expressed.

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Anyone who attempts to violate the law, in addition to being an illegal act, will clearly be an immoral act.

She reminded that the electoral process officially begins in September and emphasized that no political actor should leverage their current position to promote personal aspirations outside the permitted timeframes. López Rabadán called for prudence and legality, asserting that legislators should be the foremost examples of compliance with the norms they help to enact. "Nobody should be campaigning, pre-campaigning, or engaging in premature campaign activities because that is illegal. Those of us who make the laws are the first obligated to respect them," she underscored.

Regarding reports of early political promotion through billboards and other media strategies, López Rabadán reiterated that no public servant should be above the law. All political aspirations, she insisted, must unfold within the current legal framework.

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Nobody should be campaigning, pre-campaigning, or engaging in premature campaign activities because that is illegal. Those of us who make the laws are the first obligated to respect them.