Lawmakers from the Congress of Mexico City engaged in a brawl during the debate to reform the capital's transparency body. Opposition deputies took the podium to stop the process, which they consider a setback for transparency. The Morena majority and its allies, who dominate the Congress, attempted to proceed with the session. At the beginning of the debate, Daniela Álvarez from the PAN stated that Morena broke the agreement to form a new transparency body with three heads, promoting instead a version led by a single person. She claimed that the bill was modified just two days ago without any dialogue with the opposition. The president of the Mesa Directiva, Jesús Sesma, tried to continue the session to approve the issue; it was at that moment that the situation got out of control. Verbal confrontations began to be recorded in the area adjacent to the plenary. One person said into the microphone: 'they are starting to fight'. The PAN deputy Daniela Álvarez tried to position herself next to the president of the Mesa Directiva to prevent the session from proceeding, but the Morena deputy Yuriri Ayala blocked her way with her body. However, she immediately afterwards said that this should be 'corrected' in the plenary because it is not possible to have a collegiate body. In the official video of the Congress, it is not possible to see who threw the first blow; it is seen that the Morena deputy pulled the PAN deputy by the arm and then by the hair. During the brawl, there were elbows and more hair-pulling when other female deputies arrived at the conflict point. She also said that the PAN proposed to create a collegiate body, with the objective of 'negotiating' or 'lobbying' for appointments. Even so, Romo acknowledged that the Morena majority accepted the creation of a collegiate body, with a 'council'. The president of the Board of Directors stretched to get into the area of the blows. A recess was declared to calm the situation, with the aim of resuming the debate to approve the changes to the transparency body and then debate next year's budget. Morena, alone, achieves its reform Minutes after the brawl, the Morena legislators regained control of the facilities and continued with the session. Opposition legislators denounced that there were no conditions for the debate. Tania Larios, from PRI, stated that Morena would be alone in the plenary session to approve the issue, making it clear that 'there is no congress'. Xochitl Bravo, from Morena, said that in the Congress of Mexico City dialogue has always been prioritized and held that the opponents are responsible for the physical aggressions. Morenistas and opponents announced that they will publicly denounce the 'aggressions' suffered during the debate. Subsequently, the caucuses of PRI, PAN and MC abandoned the legislative chamber. Morena legislators approved the dictamen with 45 votes in favor, zero against and zero abstentions, without any debate. The Morena members also presented a particular change to the dictamen, which they unanimously approved without any presentation. Morena deputy Víctor Hugo Romo stated that the initiative was presented by the head of government, Clara Brugada, to shape a decentralized body in charge of transparency, which would be part of the central administration. According to Romo, the panistas tried to blackmail the majority to place a 'comptroller' in the transparency institute. He did not delve into the arguments to support the change of stance. There were no opposition legislators left to respond to this version, which did not deserve any comment in the session of the Morena legislators.
