Within the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), while there is no open tension, doubts are emerging about the stance of a sector of the National Action Party (PAN) regarding the alliance crisis at the national level and the weight of Jorge Romero's decision.
Following the circulated image of Flores Peña, Samuel García, and Mariana Rodríguez—the most critical PAN figure towards the Executive Branch and the standard-bearers of the state government—the leaders of the PAN alliance assure that it was a "chance" meeting in a city restaurant, and the same PAN leader denies any ties with MC (Citizen's Movement).
To avoid sowing uncertainty, this version was also communicated to the top brass of the PRI. However, in a sector of the tricolor party—mainly in the capital, where a gubernatorial project is emerging—there are doubts due to the lack of assurance from certain PAN groups regarding the local alliance.
They understand that the actions of Flores Peña respond to the political maneuvers of Raúl Gracia, the PAN leader who constantly generates turbulence in negotiations between the two parties.
A "casual and coincidental meeting" was how the PAN described the meeting between the state leader of the PAN, Policarpo Flores, and Governor Samuel García.
This type of approach to MC or "media threats" to dilute the coalition is a constant methodology.
At the Crystal Palace (the state government headquarters), they believe the alliance will be finalized, even with the approval of national leader Alejandro Moreno, but it is compounded by the uncertainty generated by the PAN group of Gracia, as well as the still confrontational stance of leader Jorge Romero.
The PRI believes that in defining the PAN's stance for 2027, the decision of Jorge Romero will carry more weight; something that does not happen in the PRI, where local actors pursue a project more independently of their national leader.
