translated from Spanish: PRI in BC asks for a vote for Hank Rhon; national leadership backs Jones

The PRI is divided into Baja California, after its state president, Carlos Jiménez, called to vote for businessman Jorge Hank Rhon, candidate of the Solidarity Encounter Party (PES) to the state’s government.
At a press conference, the state leader said they will maintain the alliance with the PAN and PRD in the rest of the nominations, but that they will no longer support candidate Lupita Jones Garay because they felt she did not raise the expected support.
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“There was no condoned empathy, there was no and no agenda was consolidated that met the needs of the militants and citizens of Baja California claim, that is why today we make and receive this writing and, we make a respectful call to the three national leadershipes of both the PRD, the PAN, and the PRI, to reorient the strategy,” he said.

At the request of political advisors, the PRI leadership announces the breakup with the Va Por Baja California alliance for the election in the entity. pic.twitter.com/d18hM731qj
— HIPTEX (@HiptexNews) May 27, 2021

Lupita Jones will remain a candidate: national PRI
At the call of the priists in Baja California, national leader Alejandro Moreno argued that Lupita Jones will remain the alliance’s contender and that they will continue to support their candidates.

1/3 Our coalition’s candidate for the #BajaCalifornia is @LupJonesof. We are a strong and strong party, and we are supporting our candidates across the country. That’s how we’ve done it, and we’ll keep doing it.
— Alejandro Moreno (@alitomorenoc) May 27, 2021

“The decision of the Baja California State Committee was not agreed with the national leadership. Let’s be clear: The PRI will never join a candidate who is not on the side of democracy and who pays for the risk that Mexico lives,” he said.
Pri General Secretary in Baja California, Guadalupe Gutiérrez Fregoso, also delinquented from the call and assured that leader Carlos Jiménez has business with the entrepreneur’s son, to explain his decline.

Pri General Secretary in Baja California Guadalupe Gutiérrez Fregoso said current leader Carlos Jiménez has business with @Jorge_HankRhon, so he declined in his favor. pic.twitter.com/wcAPRzhjau
— Arming Mists (@ArmandoNieblas) May 27, 2021

“Things happen when they must pass and (he) has disclosed his resignation from the PRI’s state steering committee in Baja California. The Baja California PRI is more than a president,” she said at a press conference.
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Original source in Spanish