Andrea Becerril, Emir Olivares, Georgina Saldierna and Enrique Mendez
Newspaper La Jornada
Wednesday, February 1, 2023, p. 3
During his catwalk in the plenary session of the Morena senators, the four main candidates to succeed Andrés Manuel López Obrador said they were satisfied with the polls as a selection method, two of them expressed some conditions and all agreed on the necessary unity.
The Secretaries of the Interior, Adán Augusto López, and of Foreign Relations, Marcelo Ebrard, as well as the Head of Government of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum, received equal treatment, without shouts of support or thunderous applause, even though they were already outside the venue. senate the situation was different.
Sheinbaum declared herself ready for the internal contest and received recognition for her work at the head of the capital from the fourth candidate, Senator Ricardo Monreal, who commented that they should have invited her to a plenary session of her group much earlier.
Did they heal any wounds from the past?
, they were asked at the end. Immediately, Monreal responded: We’re friends, there’s no hurt
but Sheinbaum clarified: yes we are partners
.
same deal
Before, the coordinator of the Morenista senators – who played the role of moderator – no longer allowed the head of government to answer 30 questions from legislators, in order to give the same treatment
everyone, since previously the Minister of the Interior only spoke for five minutes and due to time constraints no further questions were raised.
Monreal followed the same ritual with Ebrard and at the end of his presentation he led him to where the journalists were waiting. There, the chancellor commented: Thanks mate! Good luck!
And once again, in the street, a mariachi was waiting for the head of Foreign Affairs to dedicate pieces like My city, The king and even a musical cheer.
The first in the window was the Secretary of the Interior, who inaugurated the plenary in the Xicoténcatl compound and appreciated that among the senators of his party winds of unity blow
since in 2024 the electoral battle It will not be easy and we should not trust
.
the survey
In successive interviews, López Hernández and the head of the capital’s government indicated without conditions that they are in favor of the survey as a tool for choosing the standard bearer for Morena by 2024.
As a militant I am convinced that the method is the survey, which is the one that has given the best results in the candidate selection process.
stressed the head of the Interior, and said that he is unaware of the challenges of his co-religionists before this process.
Sheinbaum, on his side, assured that there is an even floor because the survey will be open, that is, that not only Morena militants and allied parties are asked, but also the general public.
Ebrard insisted that three conditions be met to give certainty to the population: that there be a lot of clarity in the size of the survey and the quality of the sample that is going to be done and that it be transparent
; two, that debates be presented between the applicants so that people know the proposals of each one of them; and three, that those who wish to compete separate from their posts on time.
Monreal indicated that he would accept that the survey be the method to define the candidate, but as long as the party does not apply it, but a battery of prestigious, objective and impartial polling houses. Could be mirror polls, five wouldn’t be wrong
. He added that if he decides to enroll, he will honor his word and accept the results.
senators pledge
Each of the four candidates received a document signed by 51 of the 60 Morena senators, in which the legislators pledge to support whoever is favored in the polls carried out by Morena, but they demand that they in turn respect the final result.
We trust that we will be able to work together to build a solid and coherent proposal that will allow continuity and depth to the titanic effort made by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
the legislators pointed out in the document, read at the end of the plenary session by Senator César Cravioto.
Hours later, in separate meetings with deputies and senators from the allied parties (PT and PVEM), ahead of the 2024 elections and after the division in Coahuila, Sheinbaum insisted that it is counterproductive to question unity. The only thing that can diminish us, it is the disunity
he stressed.
He also refused to have a group or attack any of his co-religionists and recalled that all his life he has participated in building the movement that today is the majority in the country.
The euphoria that the caps They woke up the day before in San Lázaro. This time the candidates for Morena’s presidential candidacy were received with balance by the PT and PVEM benches. The Secretary of the Interior canceled his appointment with the Greens at the last minute.
Instead, the PVEM received Marcelo Ebrard standing up and applauding in the Green Room of the Chamber of Deputies. Monreal later stated that anticipation in the presidential race does not benefit the movement.
