The Senate
One oath, one flag.
Senate committees approved Sheinbaum’s bill, 23 to 9. A candidate for president, governor, or Mexico City would have to give up any other nationality. The floor votes Tuesday.
The Rocket News · Foreign Desk · Mexico CitySeptember 23, 2026 · 4 min read
MEXICO CITY — Senate committees on Wednesday approved, 23 to 9, a constitutional change that would bar dual nationals from running for president, for governor, or for mayor of Mexico City. Morena, the Labor Party, and the Greens voted yes. The PAN, the PRI, and Movimiento Ciudadano voted no. The full Senate is due to take it up on Tuesday. The articles in play are 86, 116, and 122.
The bill came from President Sheinbaum and had already passed the Chamber of Deputies after about ten hours of debate. She said it does not take dual nationality away from Mexicans who live abroad, or from their children. It would require a candidate for those three offices to renounce any other nationality before registering.
How do you swear to two flags? How do you swear to two peoples?
Her question, reported by La Razón, was the line: how do you swear to two flags, and to two peoples? If you are president, she said, you swear to one people, one flag, and one history. La Jornada led the inside page with the committee vote.
Wire and further reading: jornada.com.mx
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