Echeverría comes back to life... politically speaking

Echeverría comes back to life... politically speaking

As the 69th anniversary of the foundation of the Popular Republic of China n ears, ambassador Qiu Xiaoqi will open the doors of the diplomatic home in Mexico City on September 26, and invited former President, Luis Echeverría Álvarez, to the event. We're reminded that the politician, as the Mexican leader, supported China 's integration into the UN . Nevertheless, we're told that Luis Echeverría Álvarez asked his son Benito Echeverría Zuno to attend the event instead. The reason is that Mr. Luis hasn't fully recovered from some health issues. They point out that during this event, the Chinese country's main celebration, the man who governed Mexico from 1970 to 1976 is the special guest, and who's recognized to such extent that there is a museum in Beijing where they highlight his participation in the friendship between the two nations.

Morena, transparent accounts?

Morena's majority bench in the Chamber of Deputies , led by Mario Delgad o, and the Administration Committee, are working on a plan for the 500 legislators to prove, properly and on time, how they spend the additional MXN $74,000 they receive each month. We're told Morena is looking to establish a concept catalog with amounts and concepts that says what can they spend the MXN $45,786 for Legislative Assistance and the MXN $28,772 meant for Citizen Services. They add that although it's mandatory to prove those expenses, a modus operandi was detected during the previous Legislature, where resources were spent in everything besides what they were meant for. We will see if there will be transparent accounts.

The PRI, after December 1st…

PRI

members say the biggest mystery is what will happen to the PRI after President Peña Nieto finishes his term. Because there are already quarrels between Peña followers and other groups who feel hurt by the president's team or those close to him, no one wants to imagine how it will be after December 1st . They also add that there are many PRI members that, in the face of the events, are changing to different parties, even if nothing has been secured or they have to move to other cities. The truth is many are getting ready in case they need to fight.

Separate seats

We're told that two deputies without a party, Lucía Rojas and Carlos Morales, were moved from the seats they occupied from the first session and were placed on either side of the session room. The deputy said that “it was Morena 's order” to change their seats. “A service personnel told me that Morena has instructed to move me from my seat and separate me from my colleague”, she wrote on Twitter . Through Facebook , Rojas even uploaded a video where she goes through all of Morena and the PT 's seats until she arrives at her colleague's seat. “We don't understand the seat separation when all the parliamentary groups work together”, said Morales . Divide and rule?

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