Overview
- At a late‑November council in Malta, the Socialist International approved an Ethics Committee report and stated the PRI, through its actions and correspondence, had placed itself outside the organization.
- The PRI counters that it notified the body on November 27 of a pause in its affiliation, accuses the leadership under Pedro Sánchez of opacity and corruption, and says it will pursue civil and criminal complaints in multiple countries.
- The organization’s statement was presented by Ethics Committee head and IS Executive Vice President Paulina Lampsa, and Mexico has been removed from the IS membership map online.
- A procedural dispute persists because IS statutes reserve expulsions to the Congress with a two‑thirds vote, raising questions about the council’s authority to remove a member.
- The IS cites conduct linked to PRI leader Alejandro Moreno as violating its code of ethics, while coverage notes the party’s 2003 admission, Moreno’s former IS vice‑presidency, and the PRI’s recent alliances with the right‑leaning PAN as contextual background.