Overview

• Morena senators voted unanimously to put Laura Itzel Castillo forward to chair the Mesa Directiva for the period beginning September 1, succeeding Gerardo Fernández Noroña.
• The appointment still requires a preparatory-session vote of the full Senate, though Morena and its PVEM–PT allies hold the majority needed for approval.
• Morena’s proposed slate also names Verónica Camino Farjat as vice president and María Martina Kantún Can and Mariela Gutiérrez Escalante as secretaries.
• Castillo thanked the caucus and said she will lead with institutional discipline without abandoning her principles, vowing to advance the “second floor” of the Cuarta Transformación.
• President Claudia Sheinbaum praised the choice, and the leadership shift comes after recent partisan friction that included Fernández Noroña’s clash with PRI leader Alejandro “Alito” Moreno.