President Claudia Sheinbaum will present her electoral reform proposal this Wednesday, despite the lack of consensus with Morena's allied parties, the Labor Party (PT) and the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM).
Following a one-and-a-half-hour meeting at the National Palace on Tuesday, Morena's coordinator in the Chamber of Deputies, Ricardo Monreal, described the meeting as amicable and cordial but informed that the initiative will be made public without the full backing of the coalition.
In recent weeks, Morena's allied parties have been summoned to review and present observations on the reform project, which has generated a lack of consensus on elements that could affect their electoral performance and presence in Congress. However, the lack of transparency regarding the document in question has not allowed the points under debate to be known.
Upon leaving the National Palace, Monreal explained that the President will present the project as her own during her morning press conference and that the document will include the 10 or 12 points concluded by the Presidential Commission for Electoral Reform.
He announced that the formal drafting of the initiative will conclude over the weekend to allow for greater reflection from the allied parties. The document will be formally submitted to Congress the following Monday, although it is not yet known whether it will be presented to the Senate or the Chamber of Deputies.
Monreal noted that there are agreements and some uncertainties on relevant issues, so a four-day period will be granted for the PT and PVEM to establish a final position, although he stressed that Morena will support the presidential proposal and that the negotiation period is over.
Also attending the meeting were the Secretary of the Interior, Rosa Icela Rodríguez; the Head of Advisors to the Presidency, Jesús Ramírez Cuevas; and the head of the Electoral Commission, Pablo Gómez, who left without making statements. The representatives of the allied parties also silently left the venue.
