Andrés Rozental, member of the Advisor board and president of Rozental & Asociados: “The first thing to say about the presidential election process is that the Morena movement has launched a contest to define a so-called Coordinator for the Defense of the Fourth Transformation, a thinly disguised competition to decide who will be its presidential candidate in 2024. This is totally outside the rules of Mexico’s electoral law and the constitution. Calling a presidential contest by any other name is likely to bring judicial lawsuits and may eventually end up in the electoral court. In the meantime, however, the country’s media has been dominated by the four ‘official’ Morena aspirants and whether Claudia Sheinbaum or Marcelo Ebrard will prevail. So far, indications from President López Obrador—who has promised to keep out of his movement’s internal contest—are that he favors Mexico City’s former mayor. Former Foreign Minister Ebrard has repeatedly called for a more level playing field, and some analysts still consider him to be an outside possibility to…”