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Weekly Report - 20 February 2025 (WR-25-07)
MEXICO: Yunes causes friction in Morena
Tensions are building within the ruling left-wing Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (Morena) over the controversial senator Miguel Ángel Yunes Márquez. Formerly affiliated with the right-wing opposition Partido Acción Nacional (PAN), Yunes voted against party lines to deliver the deciding vote to approve the government’s contentious judicial reform in September [WR-24-36]. He was promptly expelled from the PAN. Now Yunes wants to officially join the ruling party, with some leading Morena figures seeming more than happy to accommodate him. However, others have resisted his membership, citing corruption concerns. The friction could prove uncomfortable for President Claudia Sheinbaum, who will want to demonstrate a commitment to rooting out corruption while recognising the importance of Yunes to ensuring Morena’s supermajority in the senate.
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