The PRD's political commission (CPN) is a relatively new organ that has taken on much of the executive power of the national secretariat (which was indeed earlier called the national executive committee, CEN). The CPN is now the principal organ when quick party decisions need to be made, and incorporates, in addition to the party president and secretary general, 13 representatives form PRD's internal factions.
Notably, to great protest from particularly the ADN faction, the controversial, to say the least, Rene Bejarano Juvenal, head of the IDN faction (though now nominally headed by his wife, sec. general of PRD Dolores Padierna), got a seat at the PRD's CPN. ADN argued that Bejarano's "public behavior is contrary to the principles and values of democracy, and therefore has damaged the public image of the PRD" - a clear reference to Bejarano/Padierna's recurring involvement in scandals, most notably the 2004 "video scandals," yet giving Bejarano a seat at the CPN is a clear measure of the importance of the social movement sectors under his control, mostly through clientelistic means.
In terms of relation of strength, out of the newly designated 13 CPN members, 6 will be for the Nueva Izquierda-ADN camp, with 5 for the G-8 group close to AMLO, mostly made up by the IDN. Also, Marcelo Ebrard will for the first time be able to appoint two members of the CPN - Gastélum and Serrano.
As such, Ebrard's group will hold the crucial balance between the two main camps in the PRD.
Notably, to great protest from particularly the ADN faction, the controversial, to say the least, Rene Bejarano Juvenal, head of the IDN faction (though now nominally headed by his wife, sec. general of PRD Dolores Padierna), got a seat at the PRD's CPN. ADN argued that Bejarano's "public behavior is contrary to the principles and values of democracy, and therefore has damaged the public image of the PRD" - a clear reference to Bejarano/Padierna's recurring involvement in scandals, most notably the 2004 "video scandals," yet giving Bejarano a seat at the CPN is a clear measure of the importance of the social movement sectors under his control, mostly through clientelistic means.
In terms of relation of strength, out of the newly designated 13 CPN members, 6 will be for the Nueva Izquierda-ADN camp, with 5 for the G-8 group close to AMLO, mostly made up by the IDN. Also, Marcelo Ebrard will for the first time be able to appoint two members of the CPN - Gastélum and Serrano.
As such, Ebrard's group will hold the crucial balance between the two main camps in the PRD.
Comisión Política Nacional/National Political Commission:
Jesús Zambrano (Nueva Izquierda)
Dolores Padierna (G-8-IDN)
Miguel Barbosa Huerta (Nueva Izquierda)
Luis Sánchez Jiménez (ADN)
Miguel Alonso Raya (Nueva Izquierda)
Enrique Romero Aquino (G-8-IDN)
Amador Jara Cruz (ADN)
René Juvenal Bejarano Martínez (G-8/IDN)
Martha Dalia Gastelúm (Ebrard group)
Gilberto Ensástiga Santiago (G-8)
Héctor Serrano Cortés (Ebrard group)
Margarita Guillaumin (Nueva Izquierda)
Alejandro Sánchez Camacho (G-8/IDN)
Carlos Sotelo García (G-8)
Eloí Vázquez (Foro Nuevo Sol)
