Overview

• PVEM ratified its partnership with Morena and the PT in the Senate and voiced support for President Claudia Sheinbaum’s agenda, calling for unity and dialogue.
• Senator Manuel Velasco said the party backs cutting public financing for parties by half only if resources are distributed equally across all forces.
• Velasco urged a consensus-driven process that includes lawmakers, academics and civil society, arguing electoral rules must provide certainty and fairness.
• PVEM signaled openness to discuss proportional representation, while experts warned eliminating plurinominal seats would erode minor parties and could cost Morena a qualified majority.
• After Senator Néstor Camarillo left the PRI, Senate President Gerardo Fernández Noroña said the PRI will lose a vice presidency and that the slot will go to the PVEM; in the lower house, PVEM’s Carlos Puente said the party will respect the rotation that gives the PAN the presidency next year and the PVEM the third year.