Companion Noroña has held public positions thanks to the support of the party, but so far he has not given a clear explanation about his affiliation with Morena. "I will continue to promote unity out of conviction, but if he distanced himself from the PT; what they did to (me) today is profoundly unjust and I do not deserve it," Noroña wrote on his X account.
The alliance between Morena and the Labor Party seems to be shaking after the statements of Reginaldo Sandoval, coordinator of the PT deputies, who warned that the relationship with the burgundy party "is frozen" due to the "arrogance" of its leaders. The petista leader explained that the distancing between both parties occurred after Morena excluded the PT from the alliance for the local elections in Veracruz, in which it will only team up with the Ecological Green Party (PVEM).
"At this moment the relationship with Morena is, let's say, a bit cold, frozen (...) We hope it improves, but for that to happen there has to be a political decision," Sandoval expressed at a press conference on April 24. He added that his organization (the PT) is the only party that presents itself as a true alternative of consistent left, which could be considered uncomfortable for those seeking to consolidate power within Morena.
According to the column El Confidencial, the confrontation between the Senate president, Gerardo Fernández Noroña, and members of the PT may have been instigated by the coordinator of the deputies of this party, Reginaldo Sandoval Flores, who is labeled as an "enemy of the 'fourth transformation' movement." He supposedly would have "pressured day in and day out" the majority morenista with more spaces of power in San Lázaro, in candidacies for local deputies and "in everything he can," the columnist cites.
After Fernández Noroña marked his distance from the PT after being booed by party militants over the weekend, Reginaldo Sandoval quickly described what happened as something "normal." "I think it’s a normal incident, something natural. People simply started shouting 'join us,' and I believe that was what bothered him," Sandoval expressed in an interview with Azucena Uresti. The events occurred last Saturday, April 26, when the Mexican Senate president was booed by attendees during his visit to the PT National Congress, who demanded that he join the party.
