Morena is built as a Dominant Party
Diego Martín Velázquez Caballero
It seems increasingly clear that the Mexican electoral system has entered a terminal crisis. The systematic violation of procedural rules by most political actors is done with the consent of the electoral authority and this is a consequence of the performance of the party system. Participation in politics is contained in the authoritarian dimension of personalism, particularly of executive and factual powers, which deinstitutionalizes parties and decompensates electoral procedures.
Demographic preferences favor Morena's electoral proposals; However, the legislative project of the Fourth Transformation has led to the ruling party including alliances of all kinds at the regional level to achieve a majority that will be overwhelming against the opposition. Partisan migration and political transfuguism have overwhelmed Morena. However, the inclusion that is increasing in Morena for greater electoral profitability determines that the party loses dynamism, leadership and principles. The power that Morena achieves and the inability of its political cadres is terrifying.
The speed that the inclusion of new members and candidates for the Fourth Transformation has taken has blurred the progressivism and Justicialism that was understood as the flag of the Morenoist left; Now, we talk about a humanism that implies everything and nothing. Like the PRI, Morena is becoming a political wild card that orients itself according to the context.
The problem of the new Official Party is the formation of its nomenklatura. It is a fact that even though presidentialism is providential in the direction of the Mexican political system, it was configured as a mortal god that only lasts six years and is subject to an inner circle that truly influences power. This political class became dark and unpunished, until it ignored the principles that gave rise to the party. Will the same thing happen with Morena? How long will it take?
Morena is recruiting political cadres that indicate difficult times ahead, few elements have anything to do with the characteristics that allowed López Obrador to come to power in 2018. Better said, the Morena of 2024 is at the antipodes. If all other parties have failed to control the chiefdoms and informal leaderships, what is the reason why Morena considers otherwise?
The bosses of Mexican politics have put an end to the PRI, PAN, PRD, PVEM and now Morena; There is no doubt that they are going to destroy Mexico like Pedro Páramo did with Comala. A major political reform is necessary that regenerates political participation and institutionalizes the ways of accessing public office.