Federal deputy Gaby Jiménez has gradually taken on a central role in the politics and decisions of Claudia Sheinbaum's government, from the legislative power in Mexico City. The road is long and her goal is ambitious. In her effort to turn 'Que Siga la Democracia' into a political party, this move has been perfectly timed for legal challenges, where her ally will have firsthand information. Damián and Jiménez are pragmatics who joined the 4T at the last minute, and during the 2024 electoral process, they supported Omar García Harfuch for the Head of Government of Mexico City. By controlling 'Que Siga la Democracia,' the organization in charge of promoting the recall of former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, she now aspires to have her own political party. After months of positioning herself as a counterbalance to Ricardo Monreal's group within the MORENA caucus, Jiménez Godoy has consolidated herself as vice-coordinator of the MORENA parliamentary group, and even Monrealism now considers her an ally. MORENA deputies consulted by this editorial warned that Jiménez is working on the consolidation of 'Que Siga la Democracia' as a registered political party, even as she confirmed the split with Edgar Garza Ancira, the official leader of the civil association. Jiménez's influence could increase as 2026 approaches, when the incorporation of deputy Alfonso Ramírez Cuéllar into the Presidential Cabinet might be confirmed — the only and great opponent of Monrealism in San Lázaro, and who is being considered to become head of the Secretariat of Agriculture and even the new Secretary of the Interior. 'The Puros' insist on eliminating parliamentary immunity, and now the opposition from the 4T governors is growing. The same MORENA lawmakers, who spoke under a strict protocol of anonymity, affirmed that Garza Ancira is receiving strong support from the union bases of 'Fuerza X México' from Puebla's Mayela Gómez. But what Edgar Garza and Gaby Jiménez did not expect was the appointment of Esthela Damián to the Legal Counselorship of the Presidency. The risk is now worth it, they say in Garza and Jiménez's inner circle.
