Thousands in Mexico march against President Obrador's electoral authority reform plans

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Thousands in Mexico marched on Sunday against President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's plan to reform the electoral authority, arguing the changes threaten democracy — an accusation he vigorously denies.

Mexico's Congress last week approved a major overhaul of the National Electoral Institute (INE), which Lopez Obrador has repeatedly attacked as corrupt and inefficient.

Critics of the legislation, which will slash the INE's budget and staff, are holding marches in Mexico City and other major cities as the contentious shake-up appears poised to go before the Mexican Supreme Court.

The INE and its predecessor played a key role in creating a pluralistic democracy that in 2000 ended decades of one-party rule, according to many political analysts.

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