The purpose of the former head of Government of Mexico City between 2006 and 2012 is for citizens to know the vision of the country that each “corcholata” has so that the winner of the surveys that are applied in the coming months, is not the one who is He sees himself as the closest to the current President of the Republic, but rather the one who is most convinced with his proposals.
For political scientists consulted by Political Expansion, Carrying out debates between “corcholatas” will contribute to strengthening the internal life of Morena, but this will benefit and harm some of the candidates.
“It is not convenient for Sheinbaum to debate because she has the support of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, she is the candidate that people place the most, she is the leading pre-candidate and the candidate to beat… Debates do not suit Sheinbaum, Marcelo Ebrard does. Ebrard proposes it because it suits him, he is a much better debater, he argues better than Sheinbaum, ”explains Javier Rosiles, political analyst and coordinator of the Master’s Degree in Government and Public Policy at the University of Ciénega del Estado de Michoacán (UCEMICH).
In some polls that measure the preferences of who the Morena candidate could be, Sheinbaum ranks first, followed by Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard, the Secretary of the Interior, Adán Augusto López, and the coordinator of the Morena senators, Ricardo Monreal.
In the survey carried out by The financial , the capital’s president had 48% approval, the foreign minister 40 and the person in charge of internal policy 32%. In a exercise performed by Reform , Sheinbaum has 31% support to be the standard bearer for Morena, Ebrard 25%, Adán Augusto 5% and Monreal 4%.
“By strategy, the leading candidate should not go to the debates because they already have the advantage,” adds Rosiles.
The foreign minister went from words to deeds and has already formally raised the issue with the national leader of Morena, Mario Delgado and proposed tentative dates: the first in the months of July-August 2023 and in which all those who register and a second debate in October of that same year in which only “the most advantaged” would be.
The head of government initially agreed to the chancellor’s proposal, however, she later refused.
“Yes (I would participate), but you have to see how. Our party has to define it, we have to see when and how it would be. Of course, to everything that Morena summons, we will be there, ”he said on December 8.
