Reportedly, the Mexican Senate is inching forward toward an agreement on the mechanism of referendum, where popular consultations and citizen initiatives would be part of the capital-letter "Political Reform" currently being discussed (though perennially stagnated in the not exactly too hard-working Senate).
How it would work:
- The Mexican Congress would be in charge of designing the question
- The Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) would be in charge of organizing the referendum
- Should the result of the vote be a 50% majority-plus-one-vote or larger, the referendum would be binding for the congress.
Certain "padlocks" are in place, however:
- Citizens cannot question/put up for a vote electoral results
- One cannot vote over the state's incomes and expenses
- National security and functioning of armed forces not up for vote
- Rights enshrined in the Constitution cannot be a subject of referendum.
