Businessman Alfonso Romo is experiencing one of the most turbulent year-end periods in recent memory. The reality is more straightforward: the president has increased her engagement with individuals who have never been fond of Romo, such as the magnate Armando Garza Sada. There was only one concrete gesture, coming from Finance Minister Edgar Amador, who last week stated that the CNBV withdrew Vector's license at the company's own request and not due to the Treasury Department's accusation, which is currently unproven. Romo also harbors suspicions about former Finance Minister Rogelio Ramírez de la O and how much he knew of Scott Bessent's blow against Mexican entities, which began to take shape while Ramírez de la O was still in office at the Ministry of Finance. After years of sponsoring campaigns and center-left political adventures, following the blow against Vector, not a single voice was raised in his defense. In Claudia Sheinbaum's government, he received a frosty reception, as if they still reproached him for supporting Marcelo Ebrard in the internal party presidential primary. Those who know him say Tatiana would be the only exception in the current discontent with Morena, but the complex path to the decisive poll still lies ahead. It must be said: this discontent also exists in the National Palace, which is why, in recent months, when the former minister tried to account for his role as an 'advisor' and requested certain meetings, he was advised to better send an email and continue his life abroad. Romo became upset with politics and so he says he will not support Morena candidates for the 2027 elections and even suggests he might explore other options. He also does not look favorably on the party's management itself, especially in the hands of Luisa María Alcalde, about whose father, Arturo Alcalde, he has unsettling reservations. The question floating in the regional political scene is: if Tatiana Clouthier wins the poll and becomes the candidate in 2027, will Romo be left out of her power scheme? Recently, at a meeting in Mexico City with banking sector executives, he confessed that the end of Vector, following the Treasury Department's allegations of supposed money laundering, was a heavy blow, comparable only to December 2018, when, then as the freshly appointed head of Andrés Manuel López Obrador's office, he could not convince him not to halt the Texcoco airport project, and his word was compromised before national and foreign investors and builders. The problem is not so much what happened with the brokerage firm: according to Romo himself, what bothers him most is Morena's indifference to what happened to him.
