Deputy Raúl Bolaños Cacho Cué, of the Partido Verde Ecologista de México (PVEM), will assume the presidency of the Chamber of Deputies on September 1, marking the opening of the third year of the LXVI Legislature. The inter-party agreement, confirmed on August 17 by Morena floor leader Ricardo Monreal, cleared the path for his election.
The Mesa Directiva rotates among the three largest parliamentary blocs, and this year it is the PVEM's turn for the first time, as the third political force. In the first year, Morena's Sergio Gutiérrez Luna presided; in the second, PAN's Kenia López Rabadán, who according to Infobae concludes her tenure on August 31. The PRI, now the fifth-largest force, was left without a turn at the Mesa for the first time following the 2024 results. For the Mexican community in the United States and Canada, the significance is one of agenda: the board taking office on September 1 will determine which legislative priorities advance in the final year of the legislature, including binational issues such as trade and migration.
According to Expansión Política, the election will take place in the preparatory session in late August by a vote of two-thirds of those present, the qualified majority required by law. The Mesa will be composed of one president, three vice-presidencies for the PVEM, PAN, and Morena, and one secretariat per parliamentary group. Infobae reports that López Rabadán closed her tenure with 100 sessions held and 150 resolutions approved. Monreal assured that his bloc would back the appointment "so there are no surprises or problems," and PVEM floor leader Carlos Puente argued that Bolaños Cacho, the current vice president of the Mesa, has the accumulated experience for the role. The legislator served as senator from 2018 to 2024 and previously held positions in the government of Oaxaca.
On September 1, Bolaños Cacho will preside over the joint session of Congress that opens the first regular session period of the third legislative year. The agenda set by the new Mesa, with one eye on the 2027 midterm elections, will set the tone for the legislature's final year.
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