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Sandra Romandía

Self-destruction in record time: the opposition's free fall

Opposition leaders, instead of reflecting and renewing themselves personally, cling to power like castaways clinging to a piece of gnawed wood.
Self-destruction in record time: the opposition's free fall

By Sandra Romandía

Morena's overwhelming and overwhelming victory was unexpected in the June 2 elections, leaving the opposition in ruins. What was surprising was not only that the opposition lost, but that it collapsed from within very quickly. It started with the PAN, where former governors and other militants came out to demand the departure of Marko Cortés. Then, in the PRI, something desperate and shameful was done: changing the bylaws so that Alito Moreno could remain in power despite the criticism and the evident internal crisis.

The approach is clear: it only took a few days after the great defeat of the opposition for the real blame and internal struggles to begin, showing how rotten both institutions were.

This sorry spectacle explains why the citizenry prefers to vote for the official party despite Morena's corruption and cronyism. At least Morena -with all its trappings of the old parties- does not carry the whiff of senility and corruption that seems indelibly marked on the opposition.

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