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Puebla's acting Governor

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26/12/2018 |10:38
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Puebla's acting Governor

We've been told that after the ceremony held in honor of Governor Martha Érika Alonso and Senator Rafael Moreno Valle , the I nternal Affairs Minister, Olga Sánchez Cordero, volunteered to settle things so the acting Governor in Puebla is from the PAN . “It corresponds to you,” the Minister told Marko Cortés , the PAN's national leader. We've been told that she will look to dialogue so the acting Governor is ratified unanimously since the local Congress is led by Morena . The deaths affect the Minister , as she and her husband are close to Moreno Valle's parents.

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It's a good idea to check your sources before writing something on social media. Especially if you are in charge of transparency and information access in Mexico . We've been told that minutes after the death of Martha Érika Alonso and Rafael Moreno Valle were announced, the National Information Access Institute commissioner, Patricia Kurczyn gave her condolences to the couple's family through twitter, as well as to Jesús Rodríguez Almeida 's family, Puebla's General Secretary, as in the beginning it was rumored he was in the helicopter as well. An hour later, and after Twitter users complained that “it's curious that this kind of things happen in a body in charge of transparency,” the commissioner corrected the information and apologized to Almeida . We've been told that Patricia Kurczyn lacked the expertise and calmness not to spread fake news . She gave in before social media.

Will Barbosa run for Governor?

Some say yes, some say no, and him, Miguel Barbosa, claims this isn't the time to talk about whether or not he will run for Governor for the second time . Miguel Barbosa didn't rule it out but said it'll be announced in time. Nevertheless, some consider that Barbosa should run for Governor again, and others consider that it's too risky and politically complicated to participate in the election after the tragic death of his former adversary , therefore, some think Barbosa should accept the position President López Obrador offers him and forget, at least for now, the idea of becoming Puebla's Governor.

The green party, Morena's ally

We've been told that the legislative alliance between the PVEM and Morena 's majority in Congress is now sealed. We've been told that the members of the PVEM helped Morena achieve the quorum to be able to approve the 2019 budget . Also, Arturo Escobar , the PVEM's coordinator, was the first to defend the project and reveal that his bench, formed by 11 deputies, would vote along with parties such as Morena , the PT , and PES . First, the PVEM was an ally of Vicente Fox in 2000; then Enrique Peña Nieto in 2012, and now with Morena and Andrés Manuel López Obrado r. The green party is always with the highest bidder.

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