If Sinaloa represents Morena’s national crisis, Oaxaca could become the symbol of the political decline in southern Mexico. And the main culprit has a name: Salomón Jara Cruz.
The governor came to power with a narrative of social transformation, justice for indigenous communities, and a fight against the old PRI political bosses.
But more than halfway through his term, the perception is beginning to change dangerously. Morena in Oaxaca is already facing the same problem that is consuming the party at the national level: arrogance, concentration of power, constant confrontation, and a growing disconnect from social reality.
Morena’s political tragedy in Oaxaca can no longer be masked with morning press conferences, indigenous speeches, or official propaganda. The party’s decline has concrete culprits, visible names, and a power structure that has begun to reproduce exactly the vices it promised to destroy.
The main culprit is Salomón Jara Cruz. The governor came to power selling himself as the man who would end the old PRI regime in Oaxaca.
Three years later, many Oaxacans observe a government marked by confrontation, improvisation, political centralism, and a persistent and unhealthy obsession with controlling everything: the Congress, the municipalities, social leaders, and even the public narrative.
Salomón Jara does not govern as a pluralistic leader; he governs as the head of a political faction. And that is precisely the cancer that has plagued Oaxaca for decades: governments built on quotas, vendettas, and political operatives.
The governor’s inner circle concentrates power, distributes positions, and sidelines anyone who doesn’t fall completely in line. Within the Morena party itself, there is growing discontent with decisions made based on closed-mindedness and personal loyalty rather than political acumen.
Romero has become the most aggressive and confrontational face of the state government. Instead of engaging in political maneuvering to build consensus, his style has been one of constant clashes, public denigration, and the political exploitation of social conflicts.
Many inside and outside Morena see him as one of the main drivers of polarization in Oaxaca.
Every teachers’, community, or political conflict ends up as a media spectacle. Politics has ceased to be about dialogue and has become about imposition.
Geovany Vásquez Sagrero has also become one of the Jara Cruz administration’s biggest political liabilities. Far from legally strengthening the state government, his decisions, statements, and strategies have ended up generating unnecessary confrontations, legal controversies, and political damage for a government already facing criticism for authoritarianism and improvisation.
Source: primeralinea
