Will the PRI lead the lower chamber?

Will the PRI lead the lower chamber?

Sources said that while the PRI has already decided that Dulce María Sauri will lead the lower chamber starting on September 1, some lawmakers from other parties are willing to prevent the PRI from leading the chamber. Insiders said some lawmakers announced they couldn't allow the PRI to lead the lower chamber and that they would not approve Sauri, who requires two-thirds of the votes. Some say the lawmakers will maintain this attitude until they receive a call from the National Palace.

The President doesn’t like comparisons

President

Andrés Manuel López Obrador has said he doesn’t like comparisons with other countries, but yesterday he said the world will soon learn which nation handled the COVID-19 pandemic and economic crisis better. Nevertheless, the Mexican President said his government hasn’t acquired new debts amid the economic crisis to help “the rich.” The good thing is the President doesn’t like comparisons, especially when it comes to coronavirus-related deaths.

Benjamín Hurtado wasn’t friends with Ebrard

Sources said it seems Benjamín Hurtado Aguirre, the former Foreign Affairs delegate in Sonora, was not friends with Marcelo Ebrard . This became clear when he was involved in a scandal in Hermosillo when he was drunk. Hurtado Aguirre later quit his jobs, although some consider it is likely that the Foreign Affairs Ministry demanded it. The thing is no one intervened on his behalf.

The upcoming Independence Day celebrations

The federal government has had to fight to use Mexico City's Zócalo. Two weeks before Independence Day celebrations , the federal government and the Mexico City government negotiated and reached an agreement with the protesters outside the National Palace. Sources said that the families of femicide and enforced disappearance victims, as well as teachers, set up a camp outside the building since June. However, they reached an agreement with the government and they will leave, allowing the government to celebrate Independence Day on September 15 and 16. Sources said the government now has to negotiate with indigenous street vendors outside the Supreme Court.

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