Blanca Yassahara Cruz García was sworn in as interim council president of the National Electoral Institute (INE) on October 28, 2026, at an extraordinary session of the General Council that appointed her with ten votes in favor, the full membership of the body. The appointment follows the resignation of Guadalupe Taddei Zavala, whose term had been scheduled to run until April 2032.

The handover has a date on the calendar: the body is working on the 2026-2027 Federal Electoral Process, in which the Chamber of Deputies, seventeen governorships and other offices will be renewed, according to El Financiero. Cruz García stated that preparations for the elections will continue without interruption. That point matters for the Mexican community inside and outside the country: the organization of polling stations and the rollout of credentials next year depend on the INE maintaining its operations.

In her first message, the new interim president said, according to El Universal, that from that provisional presidency she will instruct the competent areas to provide documentation and information so that the investigations under way can be carried out. She also assured that the Internal Control Body will have full autonomy and will coordinate freely with the Federal Audit Office. El Financiero reports that, during the same session, council members announced the resignation of three heads of technical and administrative areas and agreed to review the senior management posts.

The General Council detailed that the provisional appointment will be notified to the Chamber of Deputies, which is responsible for deciding who will hold the INE presidency for the remainder of Taddei's term. But the legislative decision arrives with the calendar already running: the electoral process is under way and party registration and pre-campaigns are part of the work the body must continue.

The next milestone is that appointment in the Chamber of Deputies and the review of senior management posts agreed by the General Council. While both move forward, the INE keeps its 2027 calendar and publishes the dates of the next steps in the electoral process on its portal.

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