Huge crowds gathered in Mexico to condemn government moves to shrink the electoral authority as a threat to democracy, in what appeared to be the largest protests so far against President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's administration
Protests were held in states including Jalisco, Yucatan, Nuevo Leon, Queretaro, Guanajuato and Veracruz, according to news reports and footage broadcast on social media.
Angel Garcia, a 50-year-old Mexico City protestor, said the demonstrations were also an appeal to the Supreme Court to rule the INE overhaul violated the constitution. The president has cast Sunday's protests as a partisan attempt by the opposition to discredit his government. Lopez Obrador, whose approval ratings still run at 60% or higher in opinion polls, has also weakened other autonomous bodies that check his power on the grounds they are a drain on the public purse and hostile to his political project.Polls show the president's National Regeneration Movement , which in just a few years has become the dominant force in Mexico, is a strong favorite to win the 2024 election.
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