Overview

• Morena’s Senate caucus selected Laura Itzel Castillo by unanimous vote to preside over the Mesa Directiva in the coming session.
• The proposed lineup is entirely female, with Verónica Camino Farjat as vice president and Mariela Gutiérrez Escalante and María Martina Kantún Can as secretaries.
• The full Senate is scheduled to formalize the slate in a preparatory session before the new ordinary period begins on Monday.
• Castillo will take over after Gerardo Fernández Noroña’s term ends on August 31, and she pledged to act institutionally without abandoning her leftist principles.
• An architect trained at UNAM, Castillo has served as a two‑time federal deputy, Mexico City housing chief, mobility director, and Pemex board counselor.