The script changes at the last minute
The scene at the National Palace had everything ready for the grand premiere. But, like any good political drama, the last minute brought an unexpected twist. President Claudia Sheinbaum announced this morning that the presentation of her white flag, the electoral reform, is postponed until tomorrow, Wednesday.
“Tomorrow we are going to present (the) electoral reform, yesterday we made some minor modifications, but tomorrow we will present it,” he said at the beginning of his conference.
A postponement that smacks of intense behind-the-scenes negotiation.
The actors who stop the play
The problem is not new. Yesterday, Monday, the project got stuck again at the private table where Sheinbaum showed it to the legislative leaders of Morena, PT and PVEM. The presence of Luisa María Alcalde was not enough to untie the knot.
The sources point to the same conflict: the PT and the Green Ecologist are still not satisfied with key points. The heart of the disagreement seems to be the reduction of multi-member deputies and the budget cuts that the initiative brings.
Sheinbaum had promised to send it to Congress today. He couldn’t. His coalition, that bloc that seemed monolithic from the outside, shows its seams under pressure. Each partner wants their piece of the legislative pie.
Now, the curtain rises tomorrow. But in politics, until it is signed and published in the Official Gazette, any promise is just a draft. Tomorrow we’ll see if this act finally makes it to the stage or if it will need another last-minute rewrite.
