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SM-JDC-167/2021 1.3. Instancia jurisdiccional local 1.3.1. Juicio local. El veintiséis de febrero, Manuel Pacheco Martínez, ostentándose como militante de MORENA, titular de la Secretaría de la Diversidad Sexual del Comité Ejecutivo de ese partido en Coahuila, aspirante a regidor por ambos principios en Torreón y reconociéndose como persona homosexual, promovió juicio ciudadano ante esta Sala Regional, a fin de controvertir la omisión del IEC de implementar acciones que garanticen la inclusión de personas LGBTTTIQ+ y con discapacidad en la postulación de candidaturas a ayuntamientos en el actual proceso electoral. Por acuerdo dictado el cuatro de marzo en el expediente SM-JDC-88/2021, el Pleno de esta Sala reencauzó la demanda al Tribunal local, la cual motivó la integración del diverso expediente TECZ-JDC-27/2021. 1.3.2. Recursos de queja locales. El diez de marzo, Yonatan Antonio Pérez Preciado, quien se reconoce como integrante de la comunidad LGBTTTIQ+, interpuso el recurso de queja TECZ-RQ-2/2021 ante el Tribunal local, contra la omisión del IEC de implementar las referidas acciones afirmativas que garantizaran la inclusión de las personas de la diversidad sexual. En tanto que, el dieciséis de ese mes, el Pleno del citado órgano jurisdiccional dictó un acuerdo de cambio de vía del juicio ciudadano promovido por Manuel Pacheco Martínez, a fin de que se tramitara y resolviera como recurso de queja, radicándose con la clave TECZ-RQ-3/2021. 1.3.3. Sentencia impugnada. El veinte de marzo, el Tribunal local emitió sentencia en la que, previa acumulación de los recursos de queja, aun cuando declaró existente la omisión reclamada, consideró que no era procedente adoptar las medidas afirmativas solicitadas en el actual proceso electoral y exhortó a los partidos políticos a postular candidaturas de la diversidad sexual. 1.4. Instancia jurisdiccional federal 1.4.1. Juicio federal. Inconforme con la resolución, el veintitrés de marzo, Manuel Pacheco Martínez promovió el presente juicio ciudadano. 3

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(Mexico) SM JDC 0167 2021

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Question Presented: Whether it was incorrect that the request for a citizen's trial that he filed in the initial instance was processed as a complaint, considering that this is the ideal way in which a favorable resolution could be obtained that guarantees the inclusion of members of the LGBTQIA+ community. Whether political parties are obligated to have a quota for candidates that identify as LGBTQIA+ to guarantee their inclusion in the political process.

Alleged Acts: The General Council of the Electoral Institute of Coahuila (IEC) held elections for 38 municipalities during the 2020-2021 electoral cycle. A local civil association submitted a consultation to the IEC regarding the affirmative actions that would be implemented in favor of people of sexual diversity and with disabilities to participate in the ongoing local electoral process. The IEC responded to the query and determined that it was not possible to implement the affirmative actions requested in the current process and urged the political parties to nominate candidates belonging to groups considered vulnerable. Appellant argues that although the IEC was able to exercise the regulatory power, it has as an electoral administrative authority to adopt this type of action. Even when the pre-campaign phase began, it did not issue guidelines to guarantee that the political-electoral rights of this disadvantaged or vulnerable group are exercised under conditions of equality and non-discrimination in the current local electoral process.

Procedural history: The local court issued a ruling in which, after accumulating the appeals, even though it declared the omission of affirmative action in favor of LGBTQIA+ candidates to exist, it considered that it was not appropriate to adopt the affirmative measures in the current electoral process and urged the political parties to nominate candidates of sexual diversity. Manuel Pacheco Martínez, head of the Secretariat of Sexual Diversity of the Executive Committee of the political party of MORENA in Coahuila, appealed the lower court’s decision to this Regional Chamber, contesting the omission of the IEC to implement actions that guarantee the inclusion of LGBTQIA+ and disabled people in the candidacy of candidacies to municipalities in the current electoral process

Summary: The grievance related to the improper re-channeling of citizen trial to complaint appeal is ineffective, since the lawsuit does not state the reasons why this route was not suitable for the analysis of the claimed omission and be in a position to obtain a favorable resolution that guarantees the inclusion of members of the LGBTQIA+ community. The court was not persuaded that the IEC failed to adopt affirmative actions to include sexual diversity in the electoral process. Plaintiff maintained that the local court should order the implementation of a quota as affirmative action to guarantee the inclusion of members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and not limit itself to urging political parties to nominate candidates of sexual diversity. However, such appeal does not directly contest the reasons given in the resolution being reviewed, since they are based on the initial approach of the omission attributed to the IEC, which is non-existent, because it issued a previous pronouncement on the refusal or inadmissibility of carrying it out in the current local electoral process.

Conclusion: The court upheld the lower court’s decision. The appeal did not state reasons why a complaint appeal was not appropriate. Furthermore, appellants did not demonstrate that the IEC failed to include LGBTQIA+ candidates in the electoral process.

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Gender
Quotas

Applicable Law(s): Articles 1 & 4 of the Federal Constitution

Region: Americas

Country: Mexico

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Spanish

Court: Electoral Court

Election Type: Local

Date of decision: Mar 31, 2021

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Latitude: 19.43318644

Longitude: -99.13401778

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