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'We wanted him to request leave'; Morena distances itself from Inzunza, stating 'his actions will be his responsibility' Image: Carlos Mejía / EL UNIVERSAL
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'We wanted him to request leave'; Morena distances itself from Inzunza, stating 'his actions will be his responsibility'

From El Universal · () Spanish

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

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  • Morena's national leader, Ariadna Montiel, stated the party is not responsible for Senator Enrique Inzunza's actions or statements after he separated from the party's Senate group.
  • Montiel expressed that the party would have preferred Inzunza to request leave from his position to face investigations.
  • Morena will initiate an internal process to determine if Inzunza will remain affiliated with the party.

Morena's national leader, Ariadna Montiel, has officially distanced the political party from Senator Enrique Inzunza. This move follows accusations from the United States regarding alleged ties to organized crime, prompting Inzunza to step down from Morena's bloc in the Senate and operate as an independent senator.

From today, he made the decision to separate from the Morena parliamentary group and act as an independent senator, so from now on his opinions and his actions will be exclusively under his personal activity... they will not be our responsibility, his expressions, his actions.

— Ariadna MontielMorena's national leader clarifying the party's stance on Senator Inzunza's actions.

"From today, he made the decision to separate from the Morena parliamentary group and act as an independent senator, so from now on his opinions and his actions will be exclusively under his personal activity... they will not be our responsibility, his expressions, his actions," Montiel declared. She added that Inzunza did not provide prior notice to Morena about his decision to leave the Senate group.

Montiel emphasized that the party would have preferred Inzunza to request leave from his senatorial duties to properly face the investigations. "Nobody is above the movement and our cause; we did not have prior knowledge of his decision, we would have wanted him to separate, to have requested leave," she stated.

Nobody is above the movement and our cause; we did not have prior knowledge of his decision, we would have wanted him to separate, to have requested leave.

— Ariadna MontielMontiel expressing Morena's preferred course of action for Senator Inzunza.

A internal process will now commence within Morena to decide whether Senator Enrique Inzunza will retain his party membership. "The commission is the one that decides, defines statutorily who continues to be, who is a militant and who is no longer one. There are preliminary precautionary measures so that, if applicable, he is given due process internally to carry out these actions correctly, and I will surely speak with the commission about this today," Montiel explained.

The commission is the one that decides, defines statutorily who continues to be, who is a militant and who is no longer one. There are preliminary precautionary measures so that, if applicable, he is given due process internally to carry out these actions correctly, and I will surely speak with the commission about this today.

— Ariadna MontielMontiel explaining the internal process for determining Inzunza's party affiliation.
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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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