The presidential candidate, Marcelo Ebrard, said that if the Morena political party does not resolve the alleged “irregularities” that arose in the process to define the standard bearer for the 2024 elections before September 18, “it would no longer be of interest.” ” in being in the political formation and would form his own movement.
“As of September 18, we are going to formalize our national political movement (…) we have a cause to defend, those who are willing to follow this cause will let us know on September 18,” said Ebrard Casaubón after holding a meeting with legislators. by Morena.
The former Secretary of Foreign Affairs assured that this is not “an outburst”, as it is part of the observations they have made throughout the internal process to choose a candidate and assured that the course that he and his movement will follow will depend on what Morena decides. .
Earlier, Ebrard filed a complaint with the party to challenge the primary process of which Claudia Sheinbaum was the winner, for alleged irregularities, demanding in turn its repetition.
Ebrard maintains that, during the internal process, Sheinbaum would have benefited from a series of “serious irregularities”, such as the presence of members of the Welfare Secretariat in the preparation of surveys, who would have pressured in favor of the former boss. of Government of Mexico City.
Likewise, he has denounced Sheinbaum’s alleged affinity with the head of the Morena poll commission, Ivonne Cisnerosas well as a series of violent episodes that prevented voters from voting freely.
“The conditions did not exist for the citizens who wanted to participate to do so with complete freedom to decide without pressure,” can be read in the complaint, of almost fifty pages, according to the newspaper ‘El Universal’.
“These are the reasons why the reinstatement of the procedure and the nullity of the results obtained are appropriate,” states the complaint that describes as “flawed” the primary process of the favorite party for the next elections that will take place in June 2024. .
Last ThursdayMorena affiliates elected Claudia Sheinbaum as candidate for the elections with nearly 40 percent of the votes.ahead of Ebrard, who kept 25 percent of the support, and who, after learning the results, ruled out presenting an independent candidacy, while from the opposition, Xóchitl Gálvez, opens the door for him.
With information from Europa Press.
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