AMLO, a nuclear threat for the PRI

AMLO, a nuclear threat for the PRI

Within the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) , there are some who are already wondering how effective is the strategy of their national leader, Enrique Ochoa Reza , to directly attack, almost on a daily basis, Andrés Manuel López Obrador ( AMLO ). Yesterday, Mr. Enrique charged against AMLO and said that both him and his party, the far- left National Regeneration Party ( MORENA ), openly support the regimes of North Korea and Venezuela , and this is precisely the political and economic model he considers positive for Mexico. PRI members have said Mr. Enrique's ardor isn't misplaced, but have cautioned that the constant repetition of these comparisons could lose its effect. Ochoa, doubtlessly, has measured the effect of these criticisms and will be following the advice of his communication experts. Nevertheless, it's evident that the message he is sending is that AMLO is being perceived as a nuclear threat for the 2018 general elections – not that different from North Korea and their nuclear missile tests.

The “rebels” increase in the PAN

Last Thursday, six “rebel” senators expressed their regret that, in his search for power, their national leader Ricardo Anaya has forgotten about the legislative agenda of the conservative National Action Party (PAN) to establish the Citizen's Front as his priority. Yesterday, the PAN members winked at him celebrating that their coordinator, Fernando Herrera put the issue of the Internal Security Law on the table, which hadn't been considered. So far so good, yet the news is that there are no longer six “rebel” senators, but nine, since the senators José María Martínez, Octavio Pedroza, and Fernando Torres Graciano have joined them. According to the legislators who support Ernesto Cordero, the coordinator of the PAN senators, little by little the number of legislators who rebel against the designs of their national party leader will continue growing.

It's not mistrust, but…

The finances of the ever-dwindling left Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) at the Senate are under the microscope. We're told the coordinator of the PRD group, Luis Sánchez, has ordered the administrative area to perform an exhaustive review of the “assets and liabilities” of the faction led by former PRD member Dolores Padierna . We're told it's not that Mr. Luis mistrusts the financial management of Ms. Dolores, it's just that due to the exodus of several legislators, the coffers have fewer resources. We're told his main concern is that the PRD resources are spent adequately.

The remote control of Bejarano & Padierna

With René Bejarano and Dolores Padierna gone from the left Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) , the National Democratic Left movement has reconfigured itself and decided to build a collective leadership. However, we're told its naive to think Bejarano and Padierna will have no more influence in this movement. Our sources say everyone in the party thinks they'll both continue to have an influence, remotely, on the PRD, particularly in some states, unless the survivors are denied a candidacy for 2018. Yet, as long as the situation doesn't change, they'll continue holding the PRD fronts because, while they are a minority, they have the backup of the citizenship, particularly in the Southeast.

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