Overview

• At her Sept. 5 morning press conference, President Claudia Sheinbaum laughed at media framing of Kenia López Rabadán’s remarks as a ‘destape’ and said such ambitions are premature.
• Sheinbaum noted López Rabadán must first fulfill her year presiding over the Chamber of Deputies and reiterated that five years remain in the current administration.
• She highlighted that Morena’s candidate selection follows established internal rules, implicitly contrasting that process with other parties.
• López Rabadán had described herself in a recent interview as a career parliamentarian who has followed the routes legislators take toward the presidency, comments widely read as signaling long‑term ambitions.
• Responding later, López Rabadán said she is not seeking the presidency and stated her priority is to represent all 500 deputies in an institutional manner during her tenure leading the Chamber.