The maneuver with which Morena would remove the presidency of the Chamber of Deputies from the PAN

In September 2025, the second year of the 66th Legislature of the Chamber of Deputies will begin, and with it, the renewal of the Board of Directors , the body that presides over sessions and represents the Chamber before the other branches of government. According to the agreements established at the beginning of the legislative period , the National Action Party (PAN) would assume the presidency of said body. However, a strategy by Morena could alter this scenario , weakening the opposition and consolidating the power of the so-called Fourth Transformation.

Following the 2024 federal election , the presidency of the Board of Directors was established to rotate annually among the parties with the most legislators. In the first year, Morena, with 253 federal deputies , won the presidency with teacher Ifigenia Martínez , although after her death, she was replaced by Sergio Gutiérrez Luna .

For the second year, beginning September 1, 2025 , the PAN would be next in line to succeed, as it has 71 federal deputies , making it the second-largest party. This alternation aims to maintain institutional balance and represent the plurality of Congress.

However, reports have begun to circulate about a possible political maneuver by Morena to prevent the PAN from assuming the presidency . The strategy would involve transferring at least 10 Morena representatives to its ally, the Green Ecologist Party of Mexico (PVEM) . With this move, the PVEM would go from having fewer than 70 representatives to 72 , surpassing the PAN by one.

This change would reconfigure parliamentary positions and allow for the argument that the PVEM, as the new second-largest force in San Lázaro , has the right to propose the new president of the Board of Directors. Thus, Morena would ensure that the presidency remains within the ruling bloc and prevent the opposition from gaining visibility and institutional dialogue.

The Board of Directors is elected by a two-thirds vote of the legislators present at the preparatory session, in accordance with the regulations of the Chamber of Deputies. This body will be composed of a president, three vice presidents, and three secretaries , who will serve for one year.

In theory, any party with sufficient parliamentary support could negotiate the presidency of the body. Although the original agreement was to respect rotation among the main parties, the regulations do not prohibit the type of party transfer that Morena is considering . This way, if it manages to convince a minimum number of deputies to switch to the PVEM, it would change the rules of the game without breaking any laws.

If a qualified majority is not reached to elect the new Board of Directors before August 31 , the regulations provide that the so-called Board of Deans —composed of the oldest deputies—will provisionally assume leadership of the Chamber. However, its mandate cannot extend beyond September 5 .

This window forces parliamentary groups to seek agreements before that date, which could lead to tense negotiations if Morena's maneuver materializes and the PAN decides to challenge it politically.

The presidency of the Chamber of Deputies not only entails the leadership of legislative work, but also media visibility, institutional dialogue, and the ability to influence the parliamentary agenda . Although Morena holds a majority, allowing the PAN to head the Board of Directors would be a sign of political openness. However, if its maneuver to maintain control through the PVEM (Socialist Party of Venezuela) succeeds, the opposition would lose one of its few visible platforms within Congress.

What happens in the coming weeks could set the tone for the second legislative year: either respect for political agreements is reaffirmed, or a parliamentary hegemony is consolidated that limits spaces for plural dialogue .