Mexico

Plebiscite for the Political Reform of the Federal District

The Plebiscite for the Political Reform of the Federal District (Span. D.F.) was the first citizen plebiscite in Mexico and was held on March 21, 1993. It was organized by nine members of the Assembly of Representatives of the Federal District and Citizen Support Council to the Plebiscite. The tables were installed by the citizens in public places. The Arturo Rosenblueth Foundation was in charge of counting the votes. The questions were: 1) Do you agree that the rulers of D.F. should be elected by a direct and secret ballot of the citizens? 2) Do you agree that D.F. should have its own legislative power? 3) Do you agree that the Federal District should become a state of the federation?

Institutional design

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Formalization: is the innovation embedded in the constitution or legislation, in an administrative act, or not formalized at all?

Frequency: how often does the innovation take place: only once, sporadically, or is it permanent or regular?

Mode of Selection of Participants: is the innovation open to all participants, access is restricted to some kind of condition, or both methods apply?

Type of participants: those who participate are individual citizens, civil society organizations, private stakeholders or a combination of those?

Decisiveness: does the innovation takes binding, non-binding or no decision at all?

Co-governance: is there involvement of the government in the process or not?

Formalization
embedded in the constitution/legislation 
Frequency
single
Mode of selection of participants
open 
Type of participants
citizens  
Decisiveness
democratic innovation yields a binding decision  
Co-Governance
no 

Means


  • Deliberation
  • Direct Voting
  • E-Participation
  • Citizen Representation

Ends


  • Accountability
  • Responsiveness
  • Rule of Law
  • Political Inclusion
  • Social Equality

Policy cycle

Agenda setting
Formulation and decision-making
Implementation
Policy Evaluation

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