Rosa Icela Urges Morena Members to Stick to Austerity: “It’s not a slogan.”

ByMexico Solidarity

This article by Lizeth Villegas originally appeared in the August 30, 2025 edition of Sin Linea.

Secretary of the Interior Rosa Icela Rodríguez attended the plenary meeting of the Morena Parliamentary Group in the Chamber of Deputies and took the opportunity to call on members of the movement to recall the origins of the Fourth Transformation.

The official recounted the actions that have been achieved in President Sheinbaum ‘s first year in office, she also emphasized that in the department he leads, “there are no vacations,” as it requires working 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

“Austerity is not a slogan, it’s a guiding principle.”

The Secretary of the Interior emphasized that republican austerity is a principle that should be taken as a “philosophy of life,” as it is the basis of social justice in the Fourth Transformation .

“Austerity is not a slogan; it’s the guiding principle of the movement, a philosophy of life that is completely opposed to the waste and luxuries of the past,” Rosa Icela Rodríguez emphasized.

She asked that the executive and legislative branches continue to honor the support Morena has received from millions of citizens.

“We must honor the principles of the movement: honesty, love for the people, and results, because that is the commitment we have.”

The Secretary also reiterated that the decline in poverty rates, which has allowed more than 13 million people to escape poverty since the administration of former President López Obrador, was possible thanks to the reduction in bureaucratic spending, the elimination of privileges, the fight against corruption, and a better distribution of public resources.

Rosa Icela Rodríguez emphasized that electoral reform is a historic necessity and a consequence of the transformation the country needs to leave behind the old order and its vices. She noted that its implementation will allow progress on the Second Level of Transformation, supported by legislators, “in a transparent manner, without wasting resources.”

She called on Morena supporters to continue resisting those who still defend a system that benefited a few at the expense of the majority, alienating people from fundamental decisions, and enabling collusion between political and economic power.

“As the founding leader of our movement said, only the organized people can save themselves from oppression, poverty, corruption, violence, and discrimination.”