Overview

• Morena’s senators voted unanimously to propose Laura Itzel Castillo as president of the Mesa Directiva, with the plenary slated to formalize the leadership at the start of the ordinary period around September 1 after a preparatory session on August 31.
• The party advanced a women-only slate for the posts it controls, naming Verónica Camino Farjat for a vice presidency and Mariela Gutiérrez Escalante and María Martina Kantún Can as secretaries.
• Gerardo Fernández Noroña and Senate worker Emiliano González filed criminal complaints with the FGR over Wednesday’s altercation, and PRI leader Alejandro “Alito” Moreno filed his own FGR complaint accusing them of threats and injuries.
• Fernández Noroña convened a session of the Comisión Permanente to issue a condemnation of the alleged aggression, while the PAN said it would not attend, calling the convocation irregular and rejecting its use for “revanchism.”
• Senator Néstor Camarillo left the PRI to join Movimiento Ciudadano, a move that cost the PRI a vice-presidential seat on the Mesa Directiva and sharpened tensions as security was reinforced around the old Senate headquarters during PRI demonstrations.