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Tension Between Mayor and Opposition Escalates in Mexico City

The mayor of Miguel Hidalgo, Mauricio Tabe from PAN, accuses former governor Víctor Hugo Romo from Morena of corruption and abuse of power. Tension between the politicians is escalating ahead of the 2027 and 2030 elections.


Tension Between Mayor and Opposition Escalates in Mexico City

This is not ignorance, it is incompetence and corruption," he concluded. Following the protests, the private show authorized by Tabe at Lira Park was canceled. This way, tension between PAN and Morena grows as next year's elections approach, in which Mauricio Tabe will have to leave the district due to his re-election in 2024. One of them, for example, is the private show that the mayor's office approved in Lira Park, which generated complaints from Morena and subsequent closure by the authorities, as it allegedly did not have the corresponding permits. This Monday, the mayor denounced the local deputy from the 'guinda' party and former governor of the district, Víctor Hugo Romo, and part of his then-government team for alleged cases of "corruption and abuse of functions." "We will continue to denounce corruption, wherever it comes from, even if it bothers some," he added. "Denouncing corruption is not violence." However, those works would not have been approved by the Reconstruction Commission nor with the special permits required by the authorities. The Electoral Tribunal dismissed the complaint he filed against the Morena deputy, Laura Álvarez, who is a local deputy and Tabe's own wife, for alleged gender political violence. In addition, it would not have been verified by the mayor's office since the visit order issued in 2020 was not fulfilled. Romo, for his part, denied the accusations and stated that his government re-imposed the suspension seals on April 5, 2021, and that the administrative procedure was included in the delivery and reception act of his government with the incoming PANista Mauricio Tabe. "Everything is documented and everything is public," he emphasized and pointed at the PANista mayor: "They have no capacity nor shame. Four years later, they continue to blame the previous ones because they cannot explain their own inaction." In recent weeks, tensions between the PANista mayor of Miguel Hidalgo, Mauricio Tabe, and Morena have constantly grown. In those elections, the 4T will seek to recover the district that it once governed, to strike down the mayor's ambitions to compete for the Head of Government in 2030, and to strengthen the central administration headed by Clara Brugada. On the other hand, the tension between Tabe and Romo had another chapter this Monday. In this context and with an eye on the 2027 and 2030 elections, this Monday the PANista denounced Víctor Hugo Romo for the alleged demolition without permits of a work on the property located at Moliere 88. As explained by the mayor, Romo's administration would have authorized the demolition of the building located at that address for having suffered structural damage in the 2017 earthquake. "What is serious is wanting to use legitimate causes of women as a political shield to cover up," fired the former mayor, who was exonerated from the judicial case. Morena's leader, for his part, replied: "They blame the previous ones because they cannot explain their own inaction." Tensions between Tabe and Morena have always existed, but in the last time they have been exacerbated for various reasons. "They are not going to intimidate us."