One less roadblock to government action in Mexico?
Blanca Facundo, who teaches in Puerto Rico, sent a link to an article describing a constitutional change in Mexico that has the potential of giving the national legislature a bit more power in the system. Luckily, she also sent a translation of the summary, since I don't read Spanish.Thank you, Blanca for both the link and the translation.
Firma Calderón decreto que elimina el “veto de bolsillo”
El presidente Felipe Calderón Hinojosa firmó el decreto que elimina el "veto de bolsillo" que permitía al Ejecutivo, ante la ausencia de plazos, omitir indefinidamente la publicación de una ley remitida por el Congreso de la Unión…
[Summary translation]
Mexico's president Felipe Calderón signed today a law which amends articles 71, 72 and 78 of the Mexican Constitution, to eliminate the presidential pocket veto. Before these changes were enacted into law, the president could ignore any law project approved by the Mexican congress by simply not signing it. Now, if the President does not sign, veto or return a law to Congress with his recommendations within 30 natural days after the law was passed, the President of the house in which the bill was originally presented is authorized to publish the law within the next 10 natural days of the presidential deadline.
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Labels: Mexico, regime, rule-of-law
posted by Ken Wedding @ 7:53 AM
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