The General Council of the National Electoral Institute (INE) is meeting this Thursday, November 5, 2026, to discuss a proposal to request external audits and an emergency oversight exercise by the Federal Auditor's Office (ASF) covering Guadalupe Taddei Zavala's management of the institution.
The proposal, pushed by interim president Blanca Yassahara Cruz García, comes after Taddei formally submitted her resignation to the Chamber of Deputies on October 26. Since then, 30 senior and mid-level staff have resigned, according to El Universal. The review covers the General Executive Board and first-level positions, including those tied to the former president's office, according to an institute statement. The INE organizes Mexico's federal elections, and the review of its administrative controls comes 213 days before the 2027 elections, according to El País México.
The agreement calls for "measures to restore integrity and strengthen the controls of institutional administrative management." The 10 councilors agreed to request external audits from the Internal Control Office and are weighing a referral to the Attorney General's Office (FGR). The ASF had already identified "conflict of interest, collusion among public servants and triangulation of resources," El País México reported. In parallel, the institute summoned Taddei to the handover of the office she occupied for three and a half years; the maximum five-day deadline has expired and the office, on the first floor of Building A, remains sealed. The applicable 2018 guidelines require public servants to hand over assets, documents and files. The process was assigned to Roberto Félix, acting executive secretary, and covers movable assets, computer equipment, telephones and the vehicles assigned to the presidency, including an armored SUV.
The councilors are also preparing a criminal complaint before the Attorney General's Office against "whoever is found responsible"; the drafting was assigned to Anahí Silva Tosca, executive director of Legal Affairs. Thursday's session is being held in person with the political parties present; if the agreement is approved, the institute will send the request to the ASF and the Internal Control Office, while the handover process remains pending.
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