Mexico's Somos México Party Protests Forced Name Change, Calls It 'An Outrage'

The political party formerly known as Somos México is preparing to present its new identity on Thursday, a move mandated by the Electoral Tribunal. While the party intends to comply with the ruling to protect its registration, it has strongly condemned the decision, calling it an "outrage" and "paternalistic."

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We will comply under protest to protect our registration.

Somos México stated that it finds it "inadmissible" that the Superior Chamber of the Electoral Tribunal compelled the party to alter its name, emblem, and colors. The party argues that the tribunal's justification, based on "semantic neutrality," deviates from the original reasoning provided by the National Electoral Institute (INE).

"We will comply under protest to protect our registration," the party, led by Guadalupe Acosta Naranjo, announced. They expressed that for two years, hundreds of thousands of citizens have identified with their cause, name, and public image, which they used legitimately. The party views the requirement to change its identity shortly before the electoral process begins as a "legal, political, and democratic outrage."

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Somos México considers it inadmissible that the Superior Chamber of the Electoral Tribunal obliges us to modify our name, emblem, and colors using arguments different from those originally used by the INE under the pretext of 'semantic neutrality'.

The party believes the Electoral Tribunal's stance was "paternalistic," suggesting that the name "Somos México" did not sufficiently characterize the political institute among others and that it "appropriated the entire semantic meaning of the country."

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The outrage is not only legal, but also political and democratic.