Mexico is facing a political crisis following the failed vote on electoral reform. President Claudia Sheinbaum has encountered strong internal opposition from her own party and its allies. The Labor Party (PT), a historical government ally, has demonstrated a near-total break with the official line. Out of 44 PT deputies, only one supported the president's initiative. This exposes the absolute control that PT leader Alberto 'Profe' Anaya wields over his party. It must be said that internal discontent is also present in the government, particularly regarding Olga Sánchez Cordero, who has made a habit of being absent from every important vote proposed by the party that once made her head of the Interior Ministry. The order from the National Palace to the Chamber of Deputies is unambiguous: in secondary laws, the distribution of multi-seat constituencies and party prerogatives can be altered, perhaps the most sensitive issue for Anaya. A state of particular interest to Anaya. In recent weeks, Anaya also made very hostile remarks in private against Sheinbaum regarding the decision to stop sending oil to Cuba, a regime with which the PT has always been allied. Anaya, for example, enjoyed the electoral debacle of Andy López Beltrán in the Durango elections, where MORENA had a mediocre performance. A discipline that was almost perfect, and which, according to reports to Sheinbaum, was explained by Anaya personally intervening in the PT to prevent any shift towards MOREnism. Anaya's mandate was unbreakable and included a deputy of his confidence, Giselle Arellano, who, despite belonging to the MORENA caucus, voted against the reform. In the Green Party, for a necessary comparison, twelve deputies slipped away from Carlos Puente and voted in tune with the Palace. The amounts cannot be touched, but the distribution scheme can, and that is where Sheinbaum wants to operate against Anaya. It must be said that for now, Sheinbaum is not resorting to more extreme reprisals as happened in the previous six-year term, when Anaya was heavily conditioned by the office of Alejandro Gertz Manero, who acted on the explicit instructions of Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The relationship of the PT leader with the ruling party has been strained since last year. There is strong discontent in the National Palace against Alberto 'Profe' Anaya after Wednesday's vote on the Electoral Reform promoted by Claudia Sheinbaum. Of the 44 PT deputies, only one, Jesús Corral, supported the presidential initiative.
