Overview

• Morena’s Senate caucus unanimously selected Laura Itzel Castillo as its nominee to preside over the Mesa Directiva starting September 1, succeeding Gerardo Fernández Noroña.
• The proposed slate also names Verónica Camino Farjat as first vice president and designates María Kantún and Mariela Gutiérrez as secretaries.
• The full Senate must elect the board in the preparatory proceedings when the new ordinary session opens on September 1.
• President Claudia Sheinbaum praised Castillo, calling her “una gran luchadora social.”
• Castillo, a longtime leftist and Morena founder, thanked colleagues and pledged to advance the “segundo piso” of the Cuarta Transformación with institutional conduct.