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Sheinbaum defends proposal to bar dual nationals from becoming governors or president

From El Universal · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum defended a constitutional reform proposal requiring presidential and gubernatorial candidates with dual nationality to renounce their foreign citizenship.
  • She said the measure would not remove political rights because dual nationals could still run after becoming solely Mexican citizens.
  • Sheinbaum argued that holders of executive office must show absolute loyalty to Mexico.

Claudia Sheinbaum is defending a constitutional reform proposal that would prevent people with dual nationality from becoming Mexico’s president or a state governor unless they first give up their foreign citizenship.

Sheinbaum said the initiative would not take away political rights. People with dual nationality could still seek office, she said, but they would have to renounce their other nationality and remain only Mexican citizens.

There are those who say this initiative removes political rights. No, a person with dual nationality can participate, but must renounce the other nationality and be only Mexican.

· Claudia SheinbaumSheinbaum explained why she says the proposal would not eliminate the political rights of dual nationals.

“There are those who say this initiative removes political rights. No, a person with dual nationality can participate, but must renounce the other nationality and be only Mexican,” Sheinbaum said.

The president said the requirement reflects the level of loyalty expected from the country’s top elected executives. A person may hold two, three or even four nationalities, she said, but the question changes when that person wants to become president or governor. “When you have dual nationality, you swear loyalty to one country and another. You can have triple nationality, even, and as a person swear loyalty to all three countries. That is perfectly fine, and a Mexican man or woman can have two, three or four nationalities without any problem. The problem is if they want to be president of the republic: to whom do you swear loyalty, to one country or two?”

When you have dual nationality, you swear loyalty to one country and another. You can have triple nationality, even, and as a person swear loyalty to all three countries. That is perfectly fine, and a Mexican man or woman can have two, three or four nationalities without any problem. The problem is if they want to be president of the republic: to whom do you swear loyalty, to one country or two?

· Claudia SheinbaumSheinbaum argued that presidential and gubernatorial office requires exclusive loyalty to Mexico.
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Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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