Puerto Vallarta PT congress set for October 4

The Partido del Trabajo will hold its Municipal Elective Congress in Puerto Vallarta on October 4, with approximately 1,000 people expected to attend.

The PT has formally invited citizens to participate in the congress and is conducting an active membership drive in the municipality. Proposals will come from consensus and from the opinion of the PT’s local committee in Puerto Vallarta.

José Luis Sánchez González, the PT’s state leader and a federal deputy, said the party intends to form an alliance with the Partido Verde Ecologista de México (PVEM) and Morena for all elected positions. State-level dialogue tables will be established among the PT, Morena, and the PVEM to define coalition candidacies at the municipal level.

The national party leaderships are formally processing coalition agreements for the federal election and for the 17 governorships that will be contested in the country’s upcoming elections. The PT’s directive and vocation are to unite in order to build a solid bloc that can remove Movimiento Ciudadano (MC) from public power in Jalisco.

Sánchez González’s meeting with Puerto Vallarta mayor Luis Munguía was intended to learn the Jalisco Green Party’s position on whether it planned to compete alone, ally with Movimiento Ciudadano, or join the Fourth Transformation coalition. Sánchez González has a friendship with Munguía.

Luis Munguía expressed his willingness and interest in participating within the framework of the 4T movement, according to Sánchez González. Sánchez González said the alliance is needed to weaken the state government of Pablo Lemus. He described Lemus’s government as “illegitimate” and “oligarchic.”

Sánchez González argued that the PVEM’s votes are indispensable to maintain a qualified majority in the Union Congress, which is necessary to support President Claudia Sheinbaum’s reforms.

The coalition may be flexible, and the PT may compete alone in Puerto Vallarta or other municipalities if local circumstances and the party base so determine. The PT does not rule out competing alone for the municipal presidency when the time comes.

PT-backed profiles for positions allocated to the party under its coalition quotas will be evaluated through a poll to measure their popular acceptance. The names proposed for evaluation will not be selected through unilateral imposition; Sánchez González said choosing them would not be his decision by “dedazo.”

The PT does not currently govern Puerto Vallarta. The state PT leader ruled out Cristian Medina González as having support to become the party’s candidate, while Medina is no longer a PT member after publicly resigning through a video. The PT remains open to Medina rejoining as a member. The state PT leader argued that Medina’s sudden decisions indicate political instability. Sánchez González said, “each person is responsible for their own actions.”

All aspirants must undergo strict screening to determine whether they have legal records or links to “dark forces.” Citizens have complained about deficiencies in public services including garbage collection, water supply, and potholes in the streets.