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Roberto Gil banned from being the PAN president?

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30/07/2018 |12:46
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Roberto Gil banned from being the PAN president?

Inside the PAN , from the lobbying done by the PAN governors there's a new proposal for the PAN presidency formula, where the Senator with an absence of leave, Roberto Gil Zuarth , is still considered to be the president and although they first proposed Luis Fernando Salazar, another young man to work with Gil, now they are proposing Héctor Larios as General Secretary . We're told that their goal is to consolidate a balanced team to extend the agreements between the PAN members . There are members from the Calderón era , like the former Internal Affairs sub-secretary, Juan Marcos Gutiérrez , who has declared that that branch is over , although Gil and he were key for Felipe Carlderón . This is why Anaya and Calderón's followers should let other branches take control, like Gil himself . The fight is intense because it seems like although they had a big loss on July 1st, nobody wants to give in . The question is if Gil has been vetoed or if he has their blessing .

Monreal is bugging Cordero

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The Senate's president, Ernesto Cordero (PAN) , has made it clear that in regards to administrative matters, as well as in officials' hiring and firing “ nothing is changinguntil the Legislature is over on August 31st. We're told that Senator Codero had to put order because the incoming Morena bench coordinator, Ricardo Monreal , has started to operate to place his people in directive positions, that's why Cordero asked the administrative area not to hire or fire any official.

Dante is distributing the spoils of war

After their unsuccessful electoral adventure with the PAN and PRD , the MC party hasn't surprised anyone when designating the leaders of their bench in Congress and in the Senate, starting in September. We're told that the bench's contro l is divided in two : the eternal leader, Dante Delgado, who will be the Senate bench's coordinator ; and the Jalisco Group, led from a distance by Enrique Alfaro , elected-Governor, through the former federal deputy, Alberto Esquer Gutiérrez , who will be the leader in Congress . It should be mentioned that Clemente Castañeda is the vice-coordinator in the Senate , and he belongs to the Jalisco Group. Don't tell anyone, but as Dante Delagado will have to leave the party's presidency, there are already a few candidates : Alejandro Chanona and the young deputy Jorge Álvarez Máynez . We're told that the heir will be chosen by Dante Delgado , who will hit the jackpot?

Is the silence over in the Odebrecht case?

At the end of the administration , it seems like the PGR is calling attention towards different corruption cases . But there's one , in particular, that doesn't seem to make it to the tribunals: Odebrecht . It's known that some people in the organism have bee n working to obtain developments before the current administration ends, but the question is if their purpose is to get to the bottom of the case . Is it the end of the silence around the corner for the Odebrecht case ? We might know it soon, maybe in less than two weeks.

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