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Morena Excludes Relatives from Candidate Lists and Threatens to Break Alliance with Green Party

Morena's president, Luisa María Alcalde, confirmed that Senator Saúl Monreal will not participate in 4T polls and warned that if the Green Party continues to promote Ruth González, there will be no alliance in San Luis Potosí. The decision to ban relatives from running is final and collective.


Morena Excludes Relatives from Candidate Lists and Threatens to Break Alliance with Green Party

This Thursday, it was confirmed that Senator Saúl Monreal will not participate in the poll to be held in Zacatecas, and it was advanced that if the Green Party insists on the candidacy of Ruth González, there will be no alliance in San Luis Potosí. In an interview with Radio Fórmula, the former Secretary of Labor and Government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador stated that 'Morena has already made a decision' regarding the candidacies of relatives and reiterated that, due to the position adopted by the National Council, the guinda party will not present any candidacy from any relative to immediately succeed the person holding any popularly elected office. For now, this scenario is yet to be defined. The future of the Morena senator Saúl Monreal is uncertain within the 4T after the party invalidated his candidacy for governor. At the same time, the president of the guinda party anticipated that if the Green Party insists on the candidacy for governor of Ruth González in San Luis Potosí to succeed her husband, Ricardo Gallardo, Morena will not compete in alliance with the toucan in that federal entity. For example, in Quintana Roo, the current governor, Mara Lezama, is promoting Senator Gino Segura for the toucan party, while Morena is doing the same with the head of the National Customs Agency, Rafael Marín Mollinedo, who resigned from his post as ambassador to the WTO to run for governor. The PT denounces a smear campaign against it and points to Jesús Ramírez. In the coming days, there could be more developments, considering that this Saturday, Morena will hold a new session of its National Council in Mexico City. However, Morena could compete alone or alongside the PT. On the other hand, Luisa María Alcalde did not provide definitions on the other states where tensions with the Green Party or the PT persist without the candidacy of relatives being involved. Finally, Alcalde also denied this possibility. However, the brother of the current state governor, David Monreal, aspired to be included in the opinion poll. 'It is a general rule,' she added. Sinaloa: Sheinbaum's tour with Rocha showed the first divisions in Morena. In this way, Luisa María Alcalde dashed the hopes of Senator Saúl Monreal to participate in the poll that the 4T will carry out to define its candidacy for the governorship of Zacatecas. In February, it was Claudia Sheinbaum herself who dismissed his candidacy by recommending him to 'wait six more years' to compete. 'If it is a relative, they cannot participate,' she reiterated and, once again, ended the senator's electoral crusade, who could thus maintain his seat in the upper house to try to compete for the governorship only in the 2033 elections. The electoral scenario for next year is beginning to move within the ruling party. During this conclave, which is expected to feature the main figures of the party, the electoral scheme for next year's elections would begin to be defined, and the path that each figure should take to aspire to compete for a public office in 2027 would be formally initiated. In any case, Saúl Monreal does not rule out breaking with the 4T and competing from the opposition, especially with the PRI, or with an allied force, such as the Green Party. While some figures are already raising their hands for different positions, the president of Morena, Luisa María Alcalde, began to provide details on the formations that will be implemented in the coming months. 'There could be no exception in his case. In February, the coordinator of the ecologist caucus in the Senate, Manuel Velasco, raised his hand for the congresswoman and assured that she wins all polls 'two to one,' so she could become the next state governor. 'It is a collective decision, it is not a decision that depends on one person.'