Georgina Saldierna and Fernando Camacho
La Jornada Newspaper
Friday, January 23, 2026, p. 6
In one session fast track In just over an hour, the Political and International Affairs Committee of the Permanent Commission ratified the appointment of former prosecutor Alejandro Gertz Manero as Mexico’s ambassador to the United Kingdom.
At his appearance before the First Commission of the Permanente, in which there was a single round of interventions and questions from the parliamentary groups – when in these events there are normally at least two –, no legislators from the PAN or the PT attended, and those from the PRI did not speak.
Yesterday, when answering questions from deputies and senators, Gertz expressed: “I was attorney general of the Republic because the Congress of the Union determined it so. I submitted to the Senate and I put myself at their disposal, as I am doing at this moment, and when I considered that a change had to be made in my public life, I submitted to the Senate and they gave the answer.”
He explained that one of the main lines of his work agenda will be to strengthen the embassy’s ties with Mexican students living in the United Kingdom, to generate job opportunities for them when they return to their country, as well as promote bilateral trade with London, which is currently Mexico’s sixteenth trading partner.
Before his intervention, the Morenoist Alejandro Murat, president of the Senate Foreign Relations Commission, highlighted the multiple public assignments that the former federal security secretary has had, who “due to his career, experience and vision, has the tools to represent Mexico with dignity, professionalism and firmness.”
In the session, where legislators from Morena and PVEM participated, in addition to the non-party senator Erick Iván Jaimes, the only dissenting voice was that of Luis Donaldo Colosio Riojas (MC), who warned that Gertz’s resignation from the Attorney General’s Office “came in an accelerated manner,” in addition to the fact that he has no experience in the consular field.
The appointment was ratified by 10 votes in favor and one abstention (from MC), so the opinion was sent to the Board of Directors of the Permanente. It is expected that this Monday it will be voted on in the plenary session and, after its approval, the former official will protest as ambassador.
