Sheinbaum puts a definitive stop to the rotation on his team
Imagine the scene: morning conference, steaming coffee and the million-dollar question that everyone was waiting for after a busy December in politics. “Are you planning changes in your cabinet for this year?” they asked the president. And she, with the forcefulness of a “no, period” meme, responded: “No.” So, without anesthesia. It seems that after last minute changes last year, the federal administration decided it had enough drama and would prefer to start 2026 with a little stability, or at least, with the same names on the card.
In case you forgot in the middle of the toasts and resolutions (which you surely already failed to fulfill), just before the year said goodbye, the cabinet of Claudia Sheinbaum lived its own version of “The Game of Musical Chairs.” The star movement, the one that made everyone raise an eyebrow, was that of Ernestina Godoy. She went from being the Legal Counsel of the Federal Executive to taking the reins of the Attorney General’s Office. The reason? Cover the departure of Alejandro Gertz Manero. Not a minor change, considering that the FGR is not exactly a quiet department.
The new lineup after the December storm
With Godoy moving offices, a seat remained vacant in the Legal Department. And who came to occupy it? Well, Esthela Damián Peralta, who had just warmed up the chair as undersecretary of Prevention of Violence in the Secretary of Security. But, lo and behold, this created another domino effect. Because if Damián leaves Security, someone has to fill that gap. And that’s how Miguel Torruco Garza entered the scene, joining the presidential cabinet just before the bells rang, as the most political king’s gift of the year.
In short, it was an end of the year with more movements than a k-pop group reorganizing. However, it seems that President Sheinbaum considers that with these adjustments things are already balanced. His clear message this January 6 was that there are no more changes in sight. The move seems to be to consolidate this new team and leave behind the “trial and error” phase or, to be more generous, “fine tuning.” Now it’s time to see if this configuration, with Godoy in the FGR, Damián in legal matters and Torruco in prevention, achieves the synergy and results that the administration seeks, or if the stillness is just the calm before another possible political storm.
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