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Morena's new Puebla candidate

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Miguel Barbosa and Alejandro Armenta - Photo: Left: Miguel Barbosa ()/Right: Alejandro Armenta (Valente Rosas/EL UNIVERSAL)
27/02/2019 |10:47
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Morena's new Puebla candidate

Morena

members are ready to look for a candidate for the Puebla candidacy and contend in the extraordinary election on June 2. We've been told that the Morena Senator and the pre-candidate, Alejandro Armenta , met with a person who has stayed in the shadows of the current government and that has been quiet after his 2018 wedding : César Yáñez. Alejandro Armenta talked to Yáñez in a hotel close to the Senate . What did they talk about? Yes, about his intentions to contend against Miguel Barbosa in the internal election and become Morena's candidate to Puebla . We've been told that Armenta showed Yánez the poll results that position him as the best option, so that Yáñez can talk to the President about this.

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