Ricardo Monreal Ávila
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Ricardo Monreal Ávila is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Regeneration Movement (Morena). He currently serves as a Deputy in the Mexican Congress, representing a Proportional Representation seat since September 1, 2024. He is also the President of the Political Coordination Board in the Chamber of Deputies. Previously, he was a senator and the Senate Majority Leader, a former Governor of Zacatecas and a former member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) being closely identified during his tenure in that party with former president Carlos Salinas de Gortari.
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Sep 3, 2026
Lean Right
Morena senator coordinating judicial reform votes, facing accusations of railroading debate.
PRI views him as key obstacle to reaching a compromise that might preserve judicial independence.
Aug 10, 2026
Far Right
The Morena coordinator in the Chamber of Deputies pushed through the amparo reform and laws against autonomous bodies.
PAN treats him as the main legislative enemy because he converts each presidential initiative into constitutional law without negotiation.
Aug 10, 2026
Lean Right
Monreal is positioning himself in Congress as a conciliator on the judicial reform and on dialogue with the U.S.
PRI sees him as pragmatic but opportunistic, ready to switch positions depending on his presidential ambitions.
Aug 7, 2026
Far Right
He is the Morena leader in the Chamber of Deputies and drove the extinction of autonomous bodies in Congress.
He is the face of the legislative avalanche that PAN denounces as a concentration of power without checks or balances.
Aug 6, 2026
Lean Right
As Morena's Senate coordinator, he is the key figure in the votes that PRI denounces as pre-packaged constitutional maneuvers.
For PRI, Monreal is the institutional operator who makes judicial and electoral reforms undemocratic from inside Congress.