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Somos México Says It Has Met INE Thresholds to Seek Party Status

The claim remains subject to INE validation before any registration is granted.

Overview

  • The organization reported 231 supervised assemblies and about 256,000 affiliates, saying it cleared the minimums to request national party registration.
  • INE rules require at least 256,030 valid affiliates and either 20 state or 200 district assemblies, with all counts preliminarily reported and later verified for authenticity and duplicates.
  • Leaders have set a national constitutive assembly for February 21 in Mexico City as they prepare their formal submission within this month’s window.
  • Organizers say they will continue recruiting to bolster their totals, aiming to surpass 320,000 affiliations by the end of February.
  • The group stems from the Marea Rosa movement and includes ex‑INE and former PRD figures such as Emilio Álvarez Icaza, Edmundo Jacobo Molina, Carlos Ferrer Silva and Leonardo Valdés Zurita.