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PRI Risks Losing Senate Vice-Presidency After Defection as Greens Become Third Force

PVEM leaders say last year’s four–vice-presidency arrangement was temporary and will enter negotiations before the Mesa Directiva vote set for this weekend.

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Vicepresidencia corresponderá al Verde, afirma Fernández Noroña
El presidente del Senado, Gerardo Fernández Noroña, aseguró este martes que el Partido de la Revolución Institucional (PRI) perderá su lugar en la Mesa Directiva de la Cámara alta tras la salida del Senador de Puebla, Néstor Camarillo Medina, de la bancada tricolor. Foto: Daniel Augusto, Cuartoscuro

Overview

  • Senator Néstor Camarillo left the PRI caucus, dropping its Senate bloc to 13 members and elevating the Partido Verde to the chamber’s third force.
  • Senate president Gerardo Fernández Noroña said the PRI will lose its vice-presidency and took a swipe at PRI leader Alejandro Moreno over the party’s decline.
  • PVEM coordinator Manuel Velasco stated the four–vice-presidency setup applied only to the first year of the LXVI Legislature, leaving room for a reshuffle.
  • Velasco added that the Greens will await interparty talks ahead of the election of a new Mesa Directiva scheduled for next weekend.
  • PVEM deputy coordinator Carlos Puente denied a plan to become the second force in San Lázaro and reiterated that the party expects to preside over the Mesa Directiva in the third year per the existing agreement.