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Morena CDMX Leaders Distance Themselves From Founding Member’s Warning of 2027 Alcaldía Losses

The party frames Eduardo Cervantes’s critique as a personal view to reinforce unity before the 2027 race.

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Overview

  • Founding member and political formation adviser Eduardo Cervantes warned that Morena risks losing Xochimilco, Álvaro Obregón, Azcapotzalco and Iztacalco in the next midterms.
  • Cervantes alleged internal lying and corruption and said the party harbors the ideology and culture of the old regime, calling the main enemy internal.
  • He urged the rapid creation of grassroots comités de base in neighborhoods and housing units to strengthen internal democracy and avoid a repeat of 2021 setbacks.
  • Morena CDMX president Héctor Díaz-Polanco said Cervantes spoke a título personal, while César Cravioto and Xóchitl Bravo downplayed the remarks and the party’s communications arm reaffirmed unity and the 4T.
  • Proceso reported that Cervantes also criticized SEP head Mario Delgado, accusing him of helping to dismantle the party.