Although the mayors related to Brugada have an advantage, the 16 new leaders will be under citizen scrutiny, as the inhabitants will evaluate their efforts facing the 2027 process.
Edgar Ortiz Arellano, doctor in Strategic Management and Development Policies from the Anáhuac University, explains that the mayor and the opposition mayors – the PAN, PRI and PRD coalition – will have to navigate with a scenario of Morena strengthened in the capital, with Clara Brugada as the new head of government and with Claudia Sheinbaum as the first president of Mexico.
“If these mayors perform a good government function, probably one of them will be positioned to be a candidate for the Head of Government and if all of them have correct government functions, we will possibly see an advance of the opposition again for the next elections,” he comments. the specialist.
Although in the case of the Morenistas, they will also have to demonstrate their capabilities. Although they benefited from the vote in favor of the ‘Let’s Keep Making History’ coalition in the Presidency and the Head of Government, they will not count on it in the 2027 midterm elections and it will be their performance that will be judged by the citizens, Ortiz points out. Arellano.
“If citizens perceive that the party that holds the mayor’s office or the government did a good job, that will influence the vote; If citizens perceive that this function was extremely deficient, then that also causes them to be adverse,” he indicates.
