Strengthening the Participation of Local Congresses in the Mexican Constitutional Reform Process
On the fourth of July, an initiative presented by the Nayarit State Congress proposing the addition of a second paragraph to Article 135 of the Mexican Constitution was published in the Senate Gazette. The purpose of this reform, as established in the Statement of Reasons, is to increase the participation of State Legislatures in the constitutional reform process, in order to strengthen the federalist principle contained in Article 40 of the Constitution.