The political party Somos México presented the 100 members of its Citizen Advisory Council on Saturday, February 21, during its Constitutive National Assembly. This body will evaluate the party's actions after receiving recognition from the National Electoral Institute. Guadalupe Acosta Naranjo was elected as the party leader, with Cecilia Soto taking on the role of secretary general.
The political party Somos México, which emerged from the protests known as Marea Rosa to defend the National Electoral Institute and oppose federal reforms, announced the formation of a Citizen Advisory Council comprising 100 personalities from political life, activists, retired Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation ministers, artists, and athletes. This entity will oversee the party's activities once it receives official registration from the INE.
During the Constitutive National Assembly held on February 21, prominent figures included former ministers Javier Laynez Potisek, Ana Margarita Ríos Farjat, and José Ramón Cossío; activists Ceci Flores, Adrián LeBaron, Saskia Niño de Rivera, and Israel Rivas; former INE counselor Lorenzo Córdova; as well as Gustavo Madero, María Amparo Casar, María Elena Morera, Miguel Alfonso Meza, and Paco Calderón. In the cultural sphere, names like Joaquín Cosío and Claudia Julieta Ramírez were mentioned, among others.
Guadalupe Acosta Naranjo, a former member of the now-defunct Party of the Democratic Revolution, was appointed as the party leader, with the goal of "rescatar la vida institucional del país"—rescuing the country's institutional life—according to his statements, in the face of what he described as years of "tenaz autoritarismo"—stubborn authoritarianism. Cecilia Soto, also from the PRD, was named secretary general. Both leaders will handle the formal registration with the INE.
The event was attended by Santiago Taboada from the PAN and Enrique de la Madrid from the PRI. Previously, on February 15, Somos México reported meeting the INE's requirements with 246 district assemblies and nearly 300,000 affiliations.
Acosta Naranjo criticized the electoral reform promoted by Claudia Sheinbaum and Morena, calling it regressive and authoritarian. "Van por una reforma constitucional en materia electoral regresiva y autoritaria, intentan no dejar el poder, aun cuando pierdan la mayoría electoral; no se los vamos a permitir, su propuesta de reforma es tan mala que ni siquiera convence a sus aliados"—They are going for a regressive and authoritarian constitutional electoral reform, they intend not to leave power even if they lose the electoral majority; we won't allow it, their reform proposal is so bad that it doesn't even convince their allies—he stated. Official details of this initiative and its potential approval are expected next week.
