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Morena attacks Fox for ‘reorganising the mafia of power’ with PRI, PAN and Somos

From El Universal · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Morena criticised former President Vicente Fox’s meeting with PRI leader Alejandro Moreno and said their proposed democratic citizen front represented “the reorganisation of the mafia of power.”
  • The ruling party linked Fox’s recent meetings with PAN, Somos and PRI figures to earlier political agreements between opposition parties.
  • Morena said opposition alliances offered no genuine democratic alternative and accused their members of joining forces when power and privileges were at stake.

Morena has accused former President Vicente Fox of helping to “reorganise the mafia of power” after he met PRI leader Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas at the PRI’s national headquarters.

The opposition politicians called for the construction of a citizen front to defend democracy. Morena rejected that framing, saying the meeting did not represent a new opposition but a return of familiar political actors under a new label.

The reorganisation of the mafia of power.

· MorenaMorena’s description of the meeting between Vicente Fox and PRI leader Alejandro Moreno.

In a statement, the ruling party pointed to Fox’s recent meeting with PAN national leader Jorge Romero, his talks with representatives of Somos about the 2027 elections and his subsequent visit to the PRI headquarters. Morena said the sequence showed that the alliances were not accidental.

Fox intends to present a citizen and renewed alternative, but the facts speak for themselves.

· MorenaThe party criticised Fox’s meetings with opposition leaders and Somos representatives.

The party also invoked earlier episodes in Mexico’s political history, including accusations of electoral fraud in 1988, when PAN leaders recognised Carlos Salinas de Gortari’s government and negotiated with it. Morena referred as well to the 2012 “Pact for Mexico,” in which the PRI and PAN joined forces in what it called a model “made for only a few.”

Morena said the same history was repeating itself, arguing that party names and political figures might change while the underlying actors remained the same. It concluded that the opposition was seeking a return to past privileges, while Morena’s members were fighting to keep power at the service of the public rather than a select few.

Made for only a few.

· MorenaMorena’s characterisation of the 2012 Pact for Mexico.
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Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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