Sheinbaum’s Electoral Plan B Advances After Recall Changes Fail

Overview

• Morena’s floor leader said the Chamber of Deputies has a quick path to vote on the Senate’s revised electoral package and expects backing from the Green Party and the PT.
• Senators passed a narrower reform that focuses on containing budgets in state congresses and city halls, a slice of the broader overhaul the president had sought.
• Lawmakers refused to change Article 35 on the recall-of-mandate timetable or to allow presidential campaigning in that consultation, a setback the president criticized as lacking solid arguments.
• After the first bid failed, the president met Green Party leaders and secured support for Plan B by agreeing to include top Green contenders in Morena’s candidate surveys starting in June.
• Green leader Manuel Velasco has already promoted seven hopefuls, and Querétaro stands out as an early test with Morena’s survey listing Ricardo Astudillo, Santiago Nieto, and Gilberto Herrera, where recent polling shows the Green contender running even with Nieto.