Overview

• Coalition aims to finalize its Senate Mesa Directiva proposal before a plenary session on Aug. 28
• Verónica Camino Farjat, Guadalupe Chavira de la Rosa and Laura Itzel Castillo are vying to succeed Gerardo Fernández Noroña as presiding officer
• Candidate selection rules demand a female nominee and bar senators with active electoral aspirations from the internal contest
• Morena’s deputies’ bloc has agreed to hand the chamber presidency to PAN under Article 17.7 of the Ley Orgánica del Congreso, but PAN’s caucus has not yet chosen its nominee
• Senate’s decision precedes a preparatory deputies session on Aug. 31 and President Claudia Sheinbaum’s first Informe the following day