Sinaloa Deputy Registers with PAN, Seeks Broad Opposition Alliance Against Morena

Paola Gárate Valenzuela, a local deputy and former state president of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) in Sinaloa, Mexico, has taken a significant step by registering on the National Action Party's (PAN) open platform for the upcoming electoral process. This move, however, does not signal her departure from the PRI.

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The true adversaries are outside, not inside the PRI; I am still a PRI member and have not resigned, nor could I resign my membership.

Gárate clarified her position during a press conference, stating, "The true adversaries are outside, not inside the PRI; I am still a PRI member and have not resigned, nor could I resign my membership." She explained that her decision stems from her commitment to fostering a comprehensive alliance among all opposition parties in Sinaloa, aiming to present a united front against the ruling Morena party.

She accepted the invitation to register with the PAN because it aligns with her convictions regarding alliances. Gárate asserted that the PRI at national, state, and municipal levels has advocated for building a broad coalition to offer Sinaloans a genuine alternative to oust what she termed "political narcos" from Morena.

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As I promote the construction of a total alliance of all opposition parties in Sinaloa, I made that determination to present my registration in the process that the PAN initiated at the national level.

Gárate emphasized that the PAN's platform was open to both party members and independent citizens who share concerns about Sinaloa's direction and believe in the necessity of constructing a political alternative. She stressed that the "true adversaries" are external, specifically identifying Morena and its allies as the primary opposition. Gárate warned against misdirecting efforts and allowing internal differences among those seeking change to inadvertently benefit Morena.

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The true adversaries are outside, among the political narcos of MORENA and their allies, so we must not mistake our target nor allow differences among those who desire change to end up benefiting the morenistas.