As noted earlier, I've grown increasingly wary of the IFE's decisions the past year or so as far too many have appeared to favor PRI and Mexico State Governor Enrique Peña Nieto, only to be rejected by Mexico´s highest electoral court, the TEPJF.
Yet another case in point: Earlier this month, the IFE notoriously deemed an ad by the PRD, where the party argued Peña Nieto was "fearful" of a political alliances, to be denigrating of his image (!). The PRD protested, and continued showing the ad, while it bleeped out the offensive phrase.
Yet what happened? The TEPJF on Dec. 24 (how i s that for work ethic!) ruled against the IFE, and ordered the ad to be allowed to air. The decision was not based on the merits of IFE´s argument but addressed a technical issue, but the point remains: The IFE to me has appeared far to trigger happy in censuring ads or "spots" against PRI and Peña Nieto, and has again been admonished by the TEPJF for doing so.
The PRD´s representative to IFE, Rafael Hernández, has become increasingly vocal in expressing frustration against the and its alleged breach of the "principle of neutrality.
On Dec. 13, IFE also rejected a complaint against Enrique Peña Nieto and then-Interior Minister Fernando Gómez-Mont for having made a pact where PAN agreed not to ally with PRD in gubernatorial elections, ostensibly in return for PRI backing of the federal budget. IFE declared ifself incompetente or not having jurisdiction to deal with the complaint filed by PRD, PT and Convergencia. The parties then announced they will also take this case to the TEPJF. Should the TEPJF again rule against the IFE... I believe the left may be well justified in smelling a rat.
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