The leader of the National Action Party (PAN), Marko Courteouscriticized that the former members of the PRD Araceli Saucedo and José Sabine Herrerasenators elected by the Va por México coalition (PRI, PAN and PRD), received more votes from the PAN than from Sol Azteca.
Cortés Mendoza went to the Senate this Wednesday to credentialing as an elected legislator and was questioned by the press about his opinion regarding Araceli Saucedo and José Sabino They joined the Morena bench today.
He replied that until now he It is not known to him that both elected senatorswho were nominated by the PRD, are going to join Morena and yet he did not doubt it.
I have not seen a video, I am not sure, but all the elements indicate that this is the case. I would like them to honour the vote they received from the opposition.
“For example, the case of the Michoacan senator, Araceli Saucedo, had more votes for the National Action Party than for the PRD itselfand this is a space for people who believe that there must be balance, counterweight, as was also the case of the senator from Tabasco, I hope that Honor the trust that Mexicans gave you to come and defend the voice of those with whom we do not agree,” he added.
On Wednesday morning, at the plenary meeting of Morena senators, Claudia Sheinbaum, president-elect, welcomed Saucedo and Sabino, legislators who joined the cherry-colored bench.
With two more senators, Morena legislative bloc, Labour Party and Green Ecologist Party of Mexicoadd up 85 seats in the Senatewhich means that only They need one more vote to obtain a qualified majority and with it power reform the Constitution.
In the Morena plenary sessionlegislators unanimously agreed that Adam Augusto Lopez will be the parliamentary coordinator and leader of the Political Coordination Board (Jucopo)while Gerardo Fernandez Norona will preside over the Board of Directors of the Upper House.
Marko Courteous rated Fernandez Noronha like the profile “most inappropriate” for the Senate Presidency.
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“What I can say as president of the National Action Party is that we are surprised, because within the ranks of Morena, the Green Party and the PT there were many other people who could be ideal to call the good leadership to order,” he added.
He also announced that the next coordinator of the blue and white senators, Guadalupe Murguiahas already called his parliamentary group to define your position on Gerardo Fernández Noroña.