Rafael Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas (born 25 April 1975) is a

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politician who has been the President of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) since 2019. He is best known as "Alito".

Biography and personal life

He was born in 25 April 1975, in

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, Campeche. He is married to Christelle Castañón, and has two children with her. He is a Bachelor of Laws, and a graduate of the Institute of Superior Technological Studies René Descartes (ITES René Descartes). He also has a diploma on electoral law, given by the

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Political life

He was

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from September 2015 to July 2019, when he solicited license to run for president of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), to which he is affiliated. he served as Deputy of both the

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and LXII Legislatures of the

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as a National List Deputy. He also served as Senator during the LX and

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Legislatures.

Party trajectory

He's been an active member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) since 1991. During this time, he has occupied the following positions within his party in

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: a State Councelor, a Municipal Councilor, President of the Municipal Directive Committee (CDM) of the Popular Revolutionary Youth of the

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(CNOP), and President of the State Directive Committee of the Popular Revolutionary Youth of the CNOP. Nationally, he has occupied the following positions: Organization Secretary of the National Executive Committee (CEN, for its acronym in Spanish) of the Revolutionary Youth Front and National Coordinator of the Revolutionary Youth Front of PRI. In 2019, he was unanimously elected as president of the Permanent Conference of Political Parties of Latin America and the Caribbean (COPPPAL) for the 2019-2023 period, though he was reelected for the 2022-2026 period in mid-2022. A reason for why the election was called a year early has not been found.

Administrative trajectory

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he was elected as síndico of judicial affairs in the Municipio of Campeche.

Business trajectory

During his term as

(2015-2019), he acquired several local newspapers, including ''El Sur,'' ''Novedades'', ''El Expreso de Campeche'', and the digital news-site ''webcampeche.com''. Local newspapers and magazines of

and

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have also pointed out he allegedly bought the TV channel ''Mayavisión'' using his brother, Gabriel Emigdio Moreno Cárdenas, as an intermediary.

Controversies

Amid criticism about mishandling funds during his campaign, on 13 July 2019, Moreno Cárdenas requested to be relieved of his duties as governor so that he could run for president of the PRI and then was elected. The local Congress named

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in his place. His tenure as president of his party has been full of controversy, especially due to the audioscandals released by the current Governor of Campeche,

Layda Sansores Layda Elena Sansores San Román (born August 7, 1945) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Regeneration Movement and current Governor of Campeche. She served as the mayor of Álvaro Obregón, one of the boroughs of Mexico City. ...

. Although he sought legal protection against the release of more audios, because they were allegedly acquired illegaly, Courts in several states have rejected his petitions.Recently, both critics from within his party and experts have claimed the hits to his reputation threaten the viability of the coalition Va por México (which includes the National Action Party (PAN), the PRI, and the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD)), and have called for him to resign. Alito has rejected such calls, justifying his decision on the fact that his term as president of the party ends in 2023.

References

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