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Weekly Report - 20 August 2026 (WR-26-33)
MEXICO: PAN divided over alliances
Tensions are brewing between the national leadership of Mexico’s right-wing opposition Partido Acción Nacional (PAN) and local factions of the party over whether to allow candidates to run in alliances in next year’s elections. In October, during a declared ‘relaunch’ of the party, its national leader, Jorge Romero, stated the party would no longer rely on alliances, signalling a definitive rupture with the centrist opposition Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI). However, this decision received pushback from many state-level party forces which argue that alliances may be key to defeating the ruling Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (Morena) in their states. With 17 gubernatorial elections due to take place next year, the issue is coming to a head.
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