Overview
- Omar García Harfuch told journalist Azucena Uresti on Thursday that he “discards” a place on the 2030 presidential ballot because he is serving as Mexico’s secretary of security.
- He called pursuing a candidacy now “irresponsible” and “a falta de respeto” to members of the Security Cabinet and field personnel who carry out operations.
- García Harfuch emphasized that security gains belong to the whole Security Cabinet, naming the Defense Ministry, the Navy and the National Guard as central actors.
- He said he will remain in the Security and Citizen Protection Secretariat only while President Claudia Sheinbaum wants him in the post.
- His statement weakens immediate succession talk inside Morena even as polls continue to show him as one of the party’s most popular public figures due to his security profile and past survival of a 2020 assassination attempt.