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PAN Relaunch Draws Fire Over Timing and Familiar Faces

Leaders promise a break from alliances to rebuild identity before 2027.

Overview

  • President Claudia Sheinbaum called the weekend relaunch insensitive during a severe rain disaster, saying the party could have waited 15 days as authorities report at least 76 deaths across Veracruz, Hidalgo, Puebla, Querétaro and San Luis Potosí.
  • Morena chief Luisa María Alcalde posted a list labeling attendees “los mismos impresentables de siempre,” naming figures such as Ricardo Anaya, Xóchitl Gálvez, Claudio X. González, Lorenzo Córdova and José María Aznar.
  • The event unveiled a new logo and a roadmap that ends electoral alliances, introduces primaries with citizen participation alongside internal votes and surveys, and opens a digital reaffiliation process.
  • Political analysts, including Fernando Dworak and Víctor Alarcón, described the move as largely cosmetic with the same leadership, questioning whether the strategy can deliver gains like a 2027 lower-house majority.
  • Commentators renewed allegations against PAN leader Jorge Romero and his circle involving corruption and extortion claims, presenting the relaunch as image marketing rather than structural reform.