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Morena senator Cynthia López may seek leave to pursue Cuauhtémoc mayoralty

From El Universal · () Spanish

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

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  • Morena Senator Cynthia López Castro said she will remain in the race to seek the Cuauhtémoc mayoralty.
  • She said she could request leave from the Senate immediately or as late as March 2027, depending on the political process.
  • López called recovering Cuauhtémoc a priority for Morena and said the party could seek agreements with the opposition if her substitute takes her seat.

Morena Senator Cynthia López Castro says she will continue pursuing the Cuauhtémoc mayoralty, even if that eventually requires her to take leave from the Senate.

López said it has not yet been decided when she would request a temporary or permanent leave. She indicated that the request could come now or as late as March 2027, when the process unfolds.

What we are going to see is whether leave is requested now or in March, when the process takes place

— Cynthia López CastroThe Morena senator explaining that the timing of a possible leave remains undecided.

She acknowledged that her substitute, Alicia Virginia Téllez Sánchez, a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, could take the Senate seat and complicate Morena’s effort to build qualified majorities. López said the party could seek other agreements to avoid jeopardizing reforms proposed by President Claudia Sheinbaum.

I believe there is a great priority for the movement, and one of those priorities is to recover the heart of Mexico, so we are going to recover the heart of Mexico, we are going to recover Cuauhtémoc, and eventually other agreements will have to be considered, but I will remain focused

— Cynthia López CastroLópez describing Cuauhtémoc as a priority for Morena and the Fourth Transformation movement.

“What we are going to see is whether leave is requested now or in March, when the process takes place,” López said. “I believe there is a great priority for the movement, and one of those priorities is to recover the heart of Mexico, so we are going to recover the heart of Mexico, we are going to recover Cuauhtémoc, and eventually other agreements will have to be considered, but I will remain focused.”

She added that she would request leave when instructed because recovering Cuauhtémoc is a priority for the government and the Fourth Transformation movement. “The substitute will have to follow her course, but there will be other ways to seek agreements with the opposition,” she said.

The substitute will have to follow her course, but there will be other ways to seek agreements with the opposition

— Cynthia López CastroHer response to concerns that her substitute’s Senate role could affect Morena’s legislative negotiations.
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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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