Overview
- Thousands of assemblies held on August 17 across states including CDMX, Michoacán and Jalisco began installing 71,541 section committees, with weekly Sunday meetings planned through late January.
- The committees are defined as permanent local units for electoral organization, voter outreach, affiliation and distribution of the party’s newspaper.
- Party leader Luisa María Alcalde led an assembly in Coyoacán, reported about 8 million affiliates nationwide and reiterated a 10 million goal before year-end.
- Initial counts varied for the inaugural day, with Morena citing roughly 6,000 simultaneous meetings and other party tallies reporting just over 7,000.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum said she will meet this evening with Ricardo Monreal and Adán Augusto López to align priorities including judicial reform, a new Customs Law and the budget package for the period starting September 1.