The five-term president of the Chamber of Deputies, Alfredo Pacheco of the ruling Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) says he favors a reduction in the number of deputies. The PRM has the number of deputies and senators to push forward changes to the 2015 Constitution that pegs the number of deputies to the population.
This is not the first time the issue of the excessive number of deputies has come up. But because legislative jobs come with many perks, the political class over the years has looked the other way, just adding more seats to the Chamber of Deputies hall.
Pacheco will return to the Chamber of Deputies to represent his party for the 2024-2028 term. It is yet to be seen whether he will again be elected to preside the sessions.
Pacheco has been a deputy for 1994-1998, 1998-2002, 2002-2006, 2016-2020, and 2020-2024.
The ruling PRM party has the absolute majority...
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