President Claudia Sheinbaum acknowledged PT and PVEM support for her electoral reform Plan B after the initial proposal was rejected in the Chamber of Deputies. She vowed not to relent on pushing electoral changes. The deal aims to cut budgets and privileges to fund public works.
President Claudia Sheinbaum acknowledged on Monday in her morning press conference the agreement reached with the Partido del Trabajo (PT) and Partido Verde Ecologista de México (PVEM) to back her electoral reform Plan B, after the Chamber of Deputies rejected the initial presidential proposal. “We won’t take our finger off the line; an electoral reform couldn’t pass now, but maybe later,” Sheinbaum stated during her 'mañanera' on March 16, 2026, per El Financiero. The deal, from four days of talks at the Secretaría de Gobernación involving Morena, PT, and PVEM, involves reallocating budgets from local congresses, the Senate, and the number of councilors (regidores), plus cutting political party privileges and advocating all-deputy elections. Funds will go to municipal and state public works, Morena stressed in a statement. Morena president Luisa María Alcalde called it “a historic moment for our country’s democracy, as the electoral system was long designed to protect privileges and keep distance between the people and power.” PVEM’s Karen Castrejón endorsed Plan B for a “more efficient and less costly” democracy, while PT’s Alberto Anaya backed it for preserving “prior democratic advances.” Morena parliamentary leader Ricardo Monreal hailed the pact as “a political win” prioritizing national interest, set to reach Congress Monday or Tuesday. Sheinbaum said she would reveal dates Tuesday for mandate revocation and Judicial Power elections.
