PAN rejects election nullification over foreign interference, citing Morena's pretext

Jorge Romero, the national leader of the National Action Party (PAN), asserted that the 2027 midterm elections will be a direct contest between his party and the ruling Morena party, a sentiment he claims is even acknowledged by the presidential office.

Speaking at a press conference in Monclova, Coahuila, Romero expressed concern over a constitutional reform pushed by Morena concerning foreign interference. He warned that this reform could be used as a legal framework to invalidate election results that Morena loses, under the guise of preventing foreign influence.

"Today nobody wants foreign interference or intervention, but let them not sell us that false discourse," Romero stated. "We are all in the PAN in favor of national sovereignty. We just ask, then, if a judge asks for the extradition of two people because they consider they have a criminal association, will that be able to overturn an election, because that is foreign intervention?"

He further questioned the potential implications, asking, "Or if the New York Times, for example, publishes that the son of some former president, I'll say it in code: whose surname is López and ends with Obrador, and they have a mansion in Houston, are you going to overturn an election because that was intervening from abroad?"

Romero accused Morena and the current administration (4T) of constructing a legal apparatus to avoid acknowledging electoral defeats in the 2027 and 2030 elections, citing alleged evidence of collusion between their governments and organized crime. Regarding the upcoming local congress elections in Coahuila, Romero framed the choice as between maintaining peace or opening the doors to those he claims are allied with criminal elements.