Article 69 Political Constitution of the United Mexican States
Third Title · Chapter II. On the Legislative Power · Section I. On the Election and Installation of the Congress
Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 2 June 2026
At the opening of Ordinary Sessions of the First Period of each year of exercise of the Congress, the President of the Republic shall present a written report, in which he states the general state that the public administration of the country keeps. At the opening of the extraordinary sessions of the Congress of the Union, or of a single one of its chambers, the President of the Permanent Commission shall report on the motives or reasons that originated the call.
Each one of the Chambers shall carry out the analysis of the report and may request the President of the Republic to expand the information by means of a written question and summon the Secretaries of State and the directors of the parastatal entities, who shall appear and render reports under protest to tell the truth. The Law of the Congress and its regulations shall regulate the exercise of this faculty.
In the first year of his mandate, at the opening of the second period of ordinary sessions of the Congress, the President of the Republic shall present before the Senate, for its approval, the National Public Security Strategy and shall report annually on the state that it keeps.