Sheinbaum: The New Mexican Empress or Just Another Puppet?
Morena, the party founded by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and its allies, the Labor Party (PT) and the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM), won a qualified two-thirds majority in the Chamber of Deputies and a simple majority in the Senate. They are still fighting. Source: taken from El Universal A triumph was expected, but not so overwhelming. Especially when it comes to control of Congress. The Mexican Constitution states that a qualified majority in the Senate requires 85 senators. As for the Chamber of Deputies, based on the minimum of the ranks presented in the quick count, they would have 372 seats, i.e. they would exceed 2/3 of the Chamber. Should the new president of Mexico have this possibility, she can: Control the appointments to the Supreme Court (Sheinbaum has been a fierce opponent since 2023, after the annulment of AMLO's electoral reform), that is, now she will be able to break the balance that existed in the judiciary. Thus, the alliance supportin...