The son of Julio Scherer, López Obrador's former legal adviser, is moving to the Chamber of Deputies for the PVEM
Julio Scherer, the influential former legal adviser to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, is returning to Mexican public life. He will do this through his first-born son, Julio Javier Scherer Pareyón, nominated for the Chamber of Deputies by the Green Ecologist Party of Mexico (PVEM), an ally of the ruling Morena party. The PVEM has awarded him a preferred multi-member candidacy, first place in the third electoral district, a position that guarantees him automatic entry into the Federal Congress.
Scherer served as legal adviser to the president during the first three years of López Obrador's six-year term. He left office amid complaints about alleged influence peddling and corruption. The Attorney General's Office opened an investigation against him for allegedly using his position to help the construction company OHL-Aleástica retain the controversial concession for the Bicentenario Viaduct. The public prosecutor's office also investigated a close circle of Scherer's lawyers on allegations of extortion. According to the allegations, lawyers used Scherer's name and influence to negotiate benefits for people accused of serious corruption cases. The former legal advisor always rejected the allegations made against him and, after leaving public administration, devoted himself entirely to his real estate business.
Scherer Pareyón, 38, founded the company Julio & Renata Nueva York, SA de CV with his father in December 2018, a few days after the start of the López Obrador government. Elena Castillo García, Scherer's private secretary for two decades, was appointed commissioner of the company.
The political parties have completed the refinement of their candidate lists for the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. The lists have already been approved by the INE, although the formations can still make substitutions in the next three months of the campaign. In the lists presented by Morena for the Senate, the name of Alfonso Cepeda, leader of the National Union of Teachers (SNTE), stands out. The Labor Party, another Morena ally, has nominated Jaime Bonilla, the former governor of Baja California.