The local elections that took place in Mexico on June 4 were a simulation of the 2024 presidential elections. With the victory of the party of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in the state of Mexico, which was governed by the PRI for 94 years without interruption, From now on, Morena presents herself as an indomitable electoral machine.
The triumph of Morena in 2018, the party of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, caused an earthquake in the political party system of Mexico: there is no longer left or right, there are no longer liberals or conservatives, Mexicans only have to be with Obrador or against Obrador.
“A very strong game”
The alliance that brings together the PRI, PAN and PRD, three parties traditionally opposed but united against Obrador, lost its last stronghold this Sunday, leaving Morena the field free to become the new hegemonic party.
“Appears he game Brunette as a game with a lot force, winning the most of the spaces in quarrel in the elections, so much presidential as legislative and to level local, and No HE perceives that is a change course to the elections presidential of the year next”, comments Francisco Reveles Vázquez, political scientist at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
“He triumph No only was in against of the PRI and their allies, but in against of a cluster political that you gave support to the president former, Enrique Grief Grandson, and to several others featured leaderships that in other epoch was inside of the PRI. Yeah, is a triumph No only electoral, but political very important for Morena”, emphasizes the specialist.
undemocratic practices
For his part, political scientist Jacob Villagómez, a professor at UNAM’s Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, believes that Morena consolidated herself using the same anti-democratic practices that the PRI was criticized for, such as vote buying, the massive hauling of voters, and even threats.
“This guy of practices No were others to the process electoral so much of the alliance headed by he PRI, BREAD and PRD, So as the alliance of the game official of Brunette, PT and Green. Both sides incurred in this guy of activities that are very common inside of the frame of the elections and a lot further in he state of Mexico that during a lot time he PRI ruled and believe a structure corporatist around of various sectors”, explains Villagómez.
In this country, presidential re-election is prohibited, so the future Morena candidate could cause a new political earthquake like the one in 2018.
