After Fernández Noroña declared the constitutionality of the reform, several PRI senators, including Moreno, requested to speak, but Noroña did not grant their requests, which generated annoyance among the PRI members. Tension escalated quickly. Gerardo Fernández Noroña, visibly angry, responded to Moreno: "Don't point your finger at me!" while demanding respect for his presidency.
Alejandro Moreno not only questioned Noroña's political capacity but also accused him of being a "thug", a "clown", a " vile buffoon", and even a "lackey". "He needs to be attended to every day because he only does silly things here in the Senate," expressed Moreno.
However, Gerardo Fernández Noroña quickly responded to Moreno's claims. According to the PRI senator, Noroña represented an embarrassment to the Senate and considered he should be subjected to psychological attention for the "nonsense" he was saying. "If this is the president of the Mexican Senate, Noroña should be in an asylum." In an interview, the Senate president downplayed the attacks and reaffirmed his stance that Moreno should be imprisoned for the alleged acts of corruption during his time as governor of Campeche.
"He should be in prison, period," declared Noroña, defending his criticism of Moreno and adding that his continued freedom would only help "make the PRI disappear," as he "is the chief gravedigger of the PRI, and if you don't believe me, ask Manlio Fabio Beltrones," retorted Fernández Noroña.
In October 2024, Alejandro Moreno confronted Gerardo Fernández Noroña, demanding an explanation for not allowing him to speak. The controversy arose during a session discussing the reform of constitutional supremacy. Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas, national leader of the PRI and senator of the Republic, and Gerardo Fernández Noroña, president of the Senate's board and deputy of the PT, engaged in an exchange of statements.
It all began when Noroña suggested that Moreno Cárdenas should be behind bars in 2027, once his term leading the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) ends. The confrontation intensified when Moreno replied: "Don't yell at me, don't yell at me." The discussion began to spiral out of control, prompting senator Lucía Trasviña, also from Morena, to intervene between the two senators and later started pulling at the PRI legislator, Karla Toledo.
