Morena Deputy Marybel Villegas Missed 52 of 197 Legislative Votes, Records Show

Chetumal, Quintana Roo — Federal deputy Marybel Villegas Canché, a Morena lawmaker who held the District 2 seat for Quintana Roo as a substitute, was absent from 52 of the 197 voting records listed on her profile in Mexico’s Legislative Information System (SIL), according to a screenshot of the official database covering the period from Aug. 29, 2024, to the present.

The absences amount to 26.4 percent of the total. The records show Villegas Casting 145 votes in favor, with no votes against or abstentions registered. In slightly more than a quarter of the matters tallied, however, there is no record of her taking part — a gap that critics say suggests her parliamentary work and her representation of Quintana Roo were never a priority.

Most of the absences — 47 of 175 — occurred on votes for rulings under discussion. The remaining five were spread across parliamentary agreements, legislative initiatives and bills returned from the Senate.

An Indicator, Not Proof

The data alone does not establish that every missing record corresponds to an absence from a full session, but officials and analysts say the figure warrants a closer review of dates, official attendance lists and any documented justifications.

The question carries weight because Villegas represents District 2 of Quintana Roo, based in Chetumal. Her responsibilities go beyond endorsing legislative decisions: they include taking part in deliberations, defending proposals and handling the issues that affect the people who elected her.

The raw number also cannot measure the quality of her work. A full assessment would require reviewing the initiatives she promoted, the results of her committee work, her speeches on the floor and the concrete benefits her tenure delivered to the state.

Still, the 52 recorded absences are a relevant data point for accountability, particularly when set against her political activity outside Congress.

Leave, a Failed Bid and a Lost Seat

Villegas requested leave from her seat starting June 25, 2026, to pursue the state coordination of the so-called “fourth transformation.” After failing to reach even 5 percent recognition in the polls, she returned to her legislative duties on Sept. 15, according to the Legislative Information System.

Days later, deputy Elda María Xix Euan resigned as Quintana Roo’s education secretary and announced she would reclaim the seat she had vacated, pushing Villegas out of the Chamber of Deputies.

After her stint in Congress, the cold numbers — absent from 52 of the 197 voting records reviewed — leave a negative balance for Villegas and her political ambitions in Quintana Roo, the report concludes.