Claudia Sheinbaum assured this Thursday that she will not intervene in the succession of Francisco Cervantes as president of the Business Coordinating Council (CEE), whose voting will take place next month. This was part of the president's request that a woman participate in the race. Despite this request, the president assured during her conference that "those times are over when the president decided who was in each position." Succession at the CCE: Tension with Trump complicates the entry of Cervantes' candidate. As this editorial has documented, the current head of the Mexican Association of Insurance Institutions (AMIS) generates doubts among the business community, particularly due to the moment of commercial tension with the United States, as they calculate that she lacks experience in key sectors being discussed in the USMCA. In this context, the strong debate is concentrated between Cortina and Medina Mora, who promise a more confrontational discourse with the National Palace; while Carranza has the backing of those seeking to maintain a more mediating line with the president, although he does not have the full support of the banking sector. "Isn't it time for women in the CCE too?" a reporter questioned the president during her conference. "Let the businesspeople decide, it is not up to us," Sheinbaum responded. Registration for candidates for the presidency of the business organization began this month. As LPO anticipated, the interested parties are Juan Cortina, José Medina Mora, Julio Carranza, and Sofía Belmar.
