During the session of the Standing Committee in the Senate of the Republic, the bench of the National Action Party (PAN) confronted the Morena parliamentary group over the party’s overrepresentation in the legislative chambers. The ruling party placed on the agenda a point titled “We won the qualified majority,” sparking a debate.
From the plenary session, the federal deputy of the Labor Party, Gerardo Fernandez Noroña, ignited the debate by requesting that the Board of Directors read Article 54 of the Constitution, which prohibits any political party from having a number of deputies that exceeds its national voting percentage by eight points.
“The Constitution clearly states that it is a violation of the Constitution for a party, not a coalition, to have more than 8% overrepresentation,” Fernandez Noroña argued.
The coalition “Let’s Continue Making History,” composed of Morena, PT, and the Green Party, won 93% of the majority formulas in the Senate of the Republic, according to Fernandez Noroña.
In response, the federal deputy of National Action, Noemi Berenice Luna, countered that the political agenda should be titled “over-representation” and argued that the interpretation of the constitutional text is subjective.
Similarly, the Morena senator Antares Vazquez dismissed the opposition’s claim that the Constitution must be interpreted, suggesting that the interpretation is often biased.
Meanwhile, the federal deputy of the PRI, Cristina Ruiz, questioned the title of the political agenda and urged the winning coalition to be accountable to the Mexican people.