Cancun Mayor Ana Patricia Peralta Confirms She Will Seek Leave to Run for Governor of Quintana Roo

Cancun, Quintana Roo — Cancun Mayor Ana Patricia Peralta de la Peña has confirmed she will participate in Morena’s internal selection process for the party’s gubernatorial candidate in the 2027 elections and will request a temporary leave of absence while the party conducts its polls.

Speaking to reporters, Peralta said she would step aside for the duration of the internal process, which she estimated would last about two months. “I will request a leave for the time the internal process of the survey lasts, which is around two months, that’s what they were mentioning,” she said.

The mayor emphasized that she has informed Morena’s national leadership that her priority remains Cancun, but she will take leave during the party’s internal process. “As I told the national leadership, my priority is Cancun and I have a great responsibility to my city, and well, we will wait for the time,” she said.

Peralta acknowledged that the exact registration dates for the internal process to become the state coordinator for the defense of Morena’s transformation are not yet clear, but she confirmed her participation. “I know it’s practically next week, but it’s not well defined in Quintana Roo, that’s what they were telling us, the date. So we’ll continue, I don’t have all the information yet, until I have all the information and can give you an exact date, I won’t be able to report it,” she added.

She dismissed rumors that she would resign from her position as mayor to seek the gubernatorial candidacy. “There have been many rumors that I was leaving today, they were even resigning me, because they had put that I resigned and no, that is completely false. If I request something, it is a leave for the time of the party’s internal process, but in the meantime, it’s not that I resign, not at all,” she clarified.