Citlalli Hernández stepped down as head of the Secretariat for Women in President Claudia Sheinbaum's cabinet to become president of Morena's National Elections Commission. The appointment, announced by party leader Luisa María Alcalde on April 16 and approved by the National Executive Committee, aims to strengthen alliances with the Green Party (PVEM) and Labor Party (PT) ahead of the 2027 midterm elections, amid efforts to resolve local tensions.
Morena's national president Luisa María Alcalde appointed Citlalli Hernández, who had led the Secretariat for Women for a year and a half, as head of the National Elections Commission—a statutory body that helped resolve internal differences in 2024. The National Executive Committee approved the move on Thursday, April 16. Hernández will oversee negotiation tables and follow-up on local alliances with PVEM and PT for the 2027 elections, which will renew 17 governorships and the full Chamber of Deputies.
Hernández described her resignation as 'not easy' but emphasized the Fourth Transformation coalition's strength, stating: 'We will calm down because there is a common goal: the transformation of this country.' She clarified that Alcalde retains party leadership and stressed the need to 'ponernos de acuerdo, serenarnos, dialogar con los aliados y superar nuestras diferencias locales [...] with the aim of maintaining the alliance and regaining a qualified majority in the Chamber of Deputies.' On her X account, she posted: 'movimiento está más fuerte que nunca y daremos los mejores resultados con unidad, congruencia, trabajo y siempre de cara a la gente.'
President Claudia Sheinbaum expressed surprise at the unexpected resignation during her morning briefing, praising Hernández as 'exceptional' for her reforms on victim support and standardizing femicide laws. Alcalde dismissed reports of coalition ruptures as 'media noise,' reaffirmed surveys as the primary candidate selection method while respecting rules on relatives, and stressed that guidelines on politicians' family members in candidacies will not be negotiated.
Ricardo Monreal, Morena's coordinator in the Chamber of Deputies, denied a crisis and said Hernández will facilitate agreements among allies without altering Alcalde's leadership. The shift occurs amid other cabinet changes under Sheinbaum, such as Juan Ramón de la Fuente's departure for health reasons, but focuses on bolstering Morena ahead of 2027.
