Overview

• The Comisión Permanente approved the license for Mauricio Vila Dosal to be absent from the Senate from August 29 to December 15, 2025.
• Mauricio Vila formally submitted the request to Gerardo Fernández Noroña, president of the Mesa Directiva of the Comisión Permanente.
• In his written petition, he asked for plenary consideration and grounded the request in specific articles of the Senate’s regulations.
• He stated in the letter that the leave is for legal and administrative purposes, and he later said on social media he will join Harvard Kennedy School’s MC/MPA program and thanked the university for a scholarship.
• His alternate, Raymundo Bolaños Azócar, will assume duties during the period, and Vila is expected to resume his seat after December 15.