Senators from the Green Party also expressed support for a potential modification to the recall process and procedures for holding popular consultations. "We are in favor of prioritizing agreements on electoral reform and we agree with the proposal presented by President Claudia Sheinbaum at her morning press conference," they stated. In the same vein, the faction reiterated its political support for the federal head of state. "Our commitment is to support her until the last minute of her term," they indicated. In turn, the coordinator of Morena senators, Ignacio Mier, posted on the social network X a photograph of a meeting with allied leaders and legislators, including Manuel Velasco, Alberto Anaya, Arturo Escobar, and Carlos Puente, along with the Secretary of the Interior, Rosa Icela Rodríguez. "We are moving forward in the construction of Plan B. Our absolute support for President Claudia Sheinbaum," he wrote. The Labor Party (PT) also declared its support for the president and the continuity of the ruling coalition towards the next electoral processes. Senators from Morena, the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM), and the Labor Party (PT) expressed their support for the "Plan B" of the electoral reform announced by President Claudia Sheinbaum, after her original initiative did not achieve a qualified majority in the Chamber of Deputies. In a communiqué, the legislators stated that it seeks to strengthen republican austerity and expand mechanisms for participatory democracy. According to the communiqué, the intention of the reform is to move towards "a more austere democracy, closer to the people and a fair redistribution of public resources." "The Senators who are part of the 'Together We Make History' Coalition, support the Plan B proposed by the President @Claudiashein. "The principle is simple: fewer bureaucratic privileges and more investment in the people," they affirmed. Likewise, they indicated that the project includes strengthening the direct participation of citizens through instruments such as the recall of the mandate and the expansion of popular consultations to include electoral topics. "The Senators of the 'Together We Continue Making History' Coalition reaffirm our total and unconditional support for the President of Mexico, Dr. Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo," the document concludes. On the other hand, the Green Party's caucus assured that there is agreement on various points of the proposal presented by the federal head of state, particularly regarding generating budgetary savings to allocate them to social programs. "We agree with the proposal of the President of Mexico to make a rational use of public resources to apply them to social programs for the benefit of the people," indicated the legislators of the PVEM in a communiqué. The caucus stated that it supports the spirit of the presidential proposal to end privileges in the use of public resources and proposed to support modifications that reduce the budget of local congresses in the 32 entities of the country, as well as establish maximum limits on salaries and benefits for state legislators. Likewise, they expressed their agreement with the proposal to reduce the integration of city councils in the country's municipalities. On the contrary, they indicated that the resources that are saved would remain in the states and would be allocated to public works, infrastructure, and projects that directly benefit the population. They pointed out that the proposal aims to eliminate privileges that, for years, have made the functioning of the political system more expensive, with the purpose of redirecting those resources to the well-being of the population through social programs. "The President of the Republic has been forceful: the objective of the new constitutional reform project is to end the privileges that for years have unnecessarily made our political system more expensive and to allocate those resources, through social programs, to the well-being of the population," they indicated. The senators affirmed that the proposal is framed within the principles that, they assure, have guided the current federal government since its inception, among them republican austerity, the idea that "there cannot be a rich government with a poor people," and the premise that "with the people everything, without the people nothing." The legislators also maintained that the constitutional reform project does not violate federalism or invade the autonomy of the federal entities. In a post on X, the party stated: "The strength of our movement is in unity, the struggle, and the work to consolidate the #4T towards 2027 and 2030." Our party is betting on the Fourth Transformation, it is betting on Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo and we have decided to maintain the coalition. #PTesla4T #ReformaElectoral #Congruencia #LealtadAlPueblo "Our party is betting on the Fourth Transformation, it is betting on Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo and we have decided to maintain the coalition," added the PT. The expressions of support occur after last Friday, during her morning conference, President Sheinbaum recognized that her electoral reform initiative did not obtain a qualified majority in the Chamber of Deputies and announced that she will present a new proposal. "Negotiating was feasible, yes, but I decided not to do it," she affirmed. Sheinbaum indicated that she plans to present the so-called "Plan B" on Monday, March 16, or Tuesday, March 17. She also acknowledged that it was possible that some allied parties would not support the original initiative. "We knew it was very likely that the PT and the (Green) Party would not vote in favor. Why did I send the initiative knowing in advance that it was very likely that it would not pass? (...) they wanted to continue appointing the proportional representatives, they did not want the amounts of the parties to be reduced," she declared. In this context, the head of state left open the expectation about the position that the allied parties would assume regarding the new proposal. "We will see," she said.
