Turncoat and Political Defect. A Constitutional Debate in Mexico

This research study outlines the constitutional debate of the political desertion of the party’s militancy on the presidential system in Mexico. The first part describes the concept in which lies the object of the political desertion of party’s militancy problem, to make a distinction between it fro...

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Autor: Ríos Vega, Luis Efrén
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Cuestiones Constitucionales. Revista Mexicana de Derecho Constitucional
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/5886
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.juridicas.unam.mx/index.php/cuestiones-constitucionales/article/view/5886
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Disloyal Political
Right to be Voted
Loyalty and Party Discipline
Transfuguismo
derecho a ser votado
lealtad y disciplina partidista
Descripción
Sumario:This research study outlines the constitutional debate of the political desertion of the party’s militancy on the presidential system in Mexico. The first part describes the concept in which lies the object of the political desertion of party’s militancy problem, to make a distinction between it from Parliamentary system, which finds its explanation in the evolution of historical stages of the political shifting activity that has been taking place in Mexico since 1929 to this date. In the second part, I systematize several argument issues of constitutional matters that can be discussed around the problem, on the basis of specific cases handled in the SCJN and TEPJF that have been resolved in recent years. The constitutional debate remains open: there are good reasons to build, from a conception of the party’s mandate, to establish reasonable limits to disloyal political activity within the internal life of the parties in order to safeguard the constitutional principles on electoral matters, such as legality, transparence and equity.