The federal president charges against the Senate
The so-called Plan B is now law. But it arrived in the Official Gazette cut short, without its most controversial piece: the consultation to revoke mandates in 2027. And to Claudia Sheinbaum that tastes like defeat.
The president came out to give her version after the vote in the Senate. His tone was that of someone who dots his i’s, with that mixture of resignation and irony that he dominates perfectly.
“So, that part (of the privileges) has already been approved, the other… well, it has not been approved. I think it is bad for the country that it has not been approved. But hey, that’s how (the senators) decided.”
There it is. The clear diagnosis: it is bad for the country. The implicit explanation: the senators muted the revocation out of fear. Electoral fear, to be exact.
According to Sheinbaum, the parties feared an imbalance at the polls. That some would get more votes than others in a possible consultation. A fear that she describes as unfounded.
The curious thing is the contrast. On the one hand, it celebrates that privileges (that magic word in the official discourse) have been cut. On the other hand, it deplores the fact that the accountability mechanism has been shelved.
Can you have one without the other? She seems to think not. That reducing perks without giving the citizen the key to remove bad rulers is a half-baked job.
The final message is clear: the battle over repeal is not over. It just paused. And by 2027, he promises to return to the fray.
