Overview

• On July 14, Senate president Gerardo Fernández Noroña condemned the leadership’s proposal for a special commission to vet new Morena members as “excessive.”
• He proposed replacing the commission with clear statutory rules barring candidates who have been sanctioned for corruption or involved in repression.
• Fernández Noroña cited the PRD’s historical precedent of excluding figures implicated in human rights abuses as a model for Morena’s membership criteria.
• He disclosed that Senator Miguel Ángel Yunes Márquez joined Morena by invitation after leaving PAN and that his vote was essential to approve the Fourth Transformation judicial reform.
• Morena’s National Council is scheduled to vote next Sunday on whether to adopt the vetting commission or implement statutory disqualifiers.