The leader of Morena sharpens the edge against the PAN ‘news’
Luisa María Alcalde Luján, national president of Morena, could not avoid the irony. He reacted to the PAN’s announcement about opening its candidacies 100% to citizens for the 2027 elections. He described it, with that tone that we all know, as “news”.
The reason? The change of method. Through social networks, Mayor Luján noted that Acción Nacional would now adopt the use of surveys to select candidates. The same mechanism that they criticized for years when Morena used it.
“After decades of fumbling, they finally move on to the method that they criticized so much,” he said.
There’s the scalpel. It’s not a scream, it’s a surgical reminder. While the PAN presents itself as renewed and open, the Morenista leader returns to them her own past speech. It is historical memory applied to the situation.
The timing is not coincidental. With the 2027 midterms on the horizon, each movement is read as positioning. Morena observes how the opposition tries to shake off the image of the traditional ‘dedazo’, a term that is already worn for decades.
The question that floats, and that Mayor Luján only hints at with his comment, is simple: real change or simple makeup? Experience teaches us to distrust too sudden turns in politics. Especially when they are accompanied by a timely forgetfulness of what was said before.
For now, the ball remains in the PAN’s court. They will have to explain not only their new method, but also why what previously deserved criticism is now valid. Mexican politics has a long memory, and there are journalists—and leaders—willing to refresh it.
