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The PRI's last breath
Last Thursday, Rúben Moreira suddenly quit the PRI's General Secretaria t because, it's been said in the halls, they offered him to be the national leader and to call for elections, that is, to lead the PRI for a couple of days, and he didn't want to. In the face of that, the national leader , along with the parliamentary coordinators, Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong and René Juárez Cisneros , decided to quickly call for an extraordinary internal election , and where Ruiz Massieu can participate . And to ensure the election, the “ triad ”, what the call the three of them, will meet to convince the political counselors that it should take place next Tuesday, during the National Council, the organism that will choose the next leader.
The party is still on at Morena
After Morena's overwhelming triumph in the polls
, the party is getting ready to stay up until late during the meeting at its National Congress . But they say it's all going to be peaches and cream for Morena members, even if they have to create an action plan to support the President-elect, Andrés Manuel López Obrador , in regards to austerity and the fight against corruption . They will also define the path to renovate the management and justice organisms , where there could be fights as some quarrels haven't been cleared since the definition of the candidacies during the last elections. It's yet to be seen because, with all the support Andrés Manuel López Obrador is receiving , it might happen that someone courageous one might want to play the hero and fight him . What is a fact is that Morena is still celebrating.
Begging to get some Senators in the PRD
The PRD was expecting the Electoral Tribunal to solve their case and get Beatriz Mojica to the Senate . On Friday, members from the PRD were praying that the case about political genre violence was solved by the tribunal, which the former PRD National Secretary suffered during her campaign in Guerrero . They hope it will be solved soon. The magistrates' resolution is transcendental not just because there will be justice for Mojica, after all the misogynistic things she was told, but also because there would be 50% of women in the Senate.
Is Mancera afraid?
There's talk going around the PRD , related to Miguel Ángel Mancera, the former Mexico City mayor. We're told that he's very afraid of the incoming federal and local government . Such is his fear that they decided to place him first as the parliamentary coordinator of the small PRD bench. By the way, after his proclamation as parliamentary leader, some have said , with irony , that the coordinator got to the position through the PAN's list , and he's not even a PRD member.
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