Gerardo Fernández Noroña
Fernández Noroña in 2023
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
for Mexico City's 4th district
In office
1 September 2018 – 15 June 2023
Preceded byErnestina Godoy Ramos
Succeeded byVacant
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
for the Federal District's 19th district
In office
1 September 2009 – 31 August 2012
Preceded bySilvia Oliva Fragoso
Succeeded byAleida Alavez Ruiz
Personal details
Born
José Gerardo Rodolfo Fernández Noroña

(1960-03-19) 19 March 1960
Mexico City, Mexico[1]
Political partyLabor Party (2009–present; partial affiliation)
Other political
affiliations		Party of the Democratic Revolution (1994–2008)[2]
Alma materUniversidad Autónoma Metropolitana (BA)
OccupationSociologist, politician
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José Gerardo Rodolfo Fernández Noroña (born 19 March 1960) is a Mexican politician and sociologist from the Labor Party (formerly from the Party of the Democratic Revolution). He is known for his protest acts especially starting with the 2006 presidential election . He was a federal deputy on two occasions between 2009 and 2012, and since 2018 he has been nominated by the PT to run as a candidate for the presidency of the Republic within the Together We Make History coalition for the 2024 federal elections [3]

Biography

Political Career

from 1977 to 1983, he earned a degree in Sociology at the Metropolitan Autonomous University (UNAM).[4][5][6]

He was an external candidate for federal representative for the Mexican Socialist Party in 1988 and joined the National Democratic Front (DFN), before it became the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD).[7] In 1995 he led the creation of the Citizen Assembly in Defense of Bank Debtors, an organization that defended those who, due to the economic crisis suffered that year in Mexico , had seen their debts multiply by their bank loans. Since then, he has led the protests that They would later have it recognized, including one in 1996 in Cancún in front of the then president Ernesto Zedillo, for which he was imprisoned for a few days, but he was released shortly after because the then national president of the PRD, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, intervened.[7] He continued in the grassroots organization for the party until 2004, the year in which he was named communications secretary of the national executive committee of the PRD headed by Leonel Cota Montaño and therefore became spokesperson for the party.[5][7]

During the 2006 presidential campaigns, during the post-electoral conflict that followed, he held protests against the electoral fraud denounced by his party and its candidate Andrés López, as well as in places where the then president Vicente Fox and later Felipe Calderón were.[8]

From 2009 to 2012 Fernández Noroña served as Deputy of the LXI Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing the Federal District.

His conflicts with members of the Presidential General Staff during the Calderón administration stemmed from his numerous demonstrations at official functions that he attended. In 2009, he was already a deputy when he was denied access to the third government report. He accused the Calderón government of causing these incidents and alleged death threats.[9] As a deputy once more, he was barred from viewing Enrique Peña Nieto's most recent government report, which was produced at the National Palace, and he also encountered federal police personnel as a result of his protests.[7]

2012 - Present

In August 2012, Fernández Noroña began a tour to promote a movement against the triumph of the candidate for the Presidency of the Republic Enrique Peña Niet . Furthermore, he proposes the creation of a new left-wing political party; "Movimiento de Izquierda Libertaria".[10]

On September 15, 2012, an assembly was held in the Zócalo of Mexico City in which Balfre Vargas Cortez, Rosendo Marín Díaz and Gerardo Fernández Noroña announced what they called " Appeal to the people of Mexico ", a document in which drafted the action plan against an alleged imposition by Peña Nieto through peaceful civil disobedience.

On April 1, 2015, Gerardo Fernández Noroña, leader of the National Assembly for the Independence of Mexico (ÁNIMO), was an (external) candidate for multi-member federal deputy for the Labor Party (PT). Fernández Noroña carried out a national campaign, calling to vote and supporting the PT candidates. He concentrated his campaign on visiting with particular emphasis the fourth district , for which he was a candidate, and which includes the Federal District, Puebla, Guerrero, Morelos and Tlaxcala.

In reference to the alliance that the Labor Party made in some entities with the PRI and the PAN, Fernández Noroña stressed that these alliances are local, he does not agree with them, and that he would only go as a PT candidate. He also expressed that despite strong pressure, the PT has remained firm by not agreeing to sign the Pact for Mexico and by voting against all structural reforms.

In 2016, he denounced the aggression and theft of cell phones by the undersecretary of government of Puebla, Luis Arturo Cornejo, in the administration of Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas, when he was trying to mediate to free political prisoners.[11]

He again served in the Chamber of Deputies, starting in 2018, representing Mexico City, elected in the Labor Party.

in September 2023, Noroña was appointed by Claudia Sheinbaum to be in charge of coordination tasks and strengthening the link with social organizations and civilians and a key spokesperson for the Juntos Hacemos Historia coalition in the 2024 general elections.[12]

Controversies

  • On 21 May 2021 Noroña went to the office of Twitter Mexico to protest about the blocking of his account, due to violations. He was widely criticized after video surfaced of the incident, where he was shown to abuse the Twitter member of staff who received him. Noroña said in a belligerent tone: "I come to protest, if you don't like it because you think it's going to be discounted from your income then do not pose as if you were the owner.".[13]
  • In July 2021, he tested positive for COVID-19. He's been criticized for spreading COVID-19 misinformation, such as stating that face masks are not helpful in avoiding the spread of the virus. In January 2022, he tested positive for the second time.[14]
  • In 2022 PAN senator Lilly Tellez referred to Noroña as "Changoleon", the homeless person who became a TV personality in Mexico. Tellez said: "Pay attention to me Changoleón because you are the political arm of organized crime", referring to Noroña's political party, in alliance with the government party, Morena.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "Perfil del legislador". Legislative Information System. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Morales, Alberto (28 November 2008). "Renuncia Fernández Noroña a militancia perredista". El Universal. Archived from the original on 12 December 2010. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  3. ↑ Occidental, Viridiana Saavedra | El. "Fernández Noroña buscará la candidatura presidencial en 2024". El Sol de México | Noticias, Deportes, Gossip, Columnas (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-15.
  4. ↑ Digital, Expansión; Luna, Dolores (2022-07-27). "Quién es Fernández Noroña, qué hace y por qué quiere ser presidente en 2024". ADNPolítico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-15.
  5. 1 2 Camhaji, Elías (2023-06-26). "Gerardo Fernández Noroña, el factor disruptivo". El País México (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-15.
  6. ↑ "Registro Nacional de Profesionistas".
  7. 1 2 3 4 Trejo, Roberto (2023-06-16). "Gerardo Fernández Noroña: ¿Quién es, dónde estudió y cuáles han sido sus mejores pleitos?". Reporte Indigo (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-15.
  8. ↑ "Detienen a Fernández Noroña por "alterar el orden público" - La Jornada". www.jornada.com.mx. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
  9. ↑ "Amenaza de muerte, a Fernández Noroña". www.proceso.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-15.
  10. ↑ "Noroña encabeza el Movimiento de Izquierda Libertaria, inicia registro - ComunicaCarmen.com". comunica.org.mx. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
  11. ↑ "Roban celular y subsecretario de Gobierno agrede a Fernández Noroña - Puebla". La Jornada de Oriente (in European Spanish). 2016-08-23. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
  12. ↑ Rojas, Arturo (September 13, 2023). "Sheinbaum nombra a Gerardo Fernández Noroña coordinador de vocerías". La Economista.
  13. ↑ "Fernández Noroña va a oficinas de Twitter a reclamar el cierre de su cuenta". El Imparcial (in Mexican Spanish). 21 May 2019. Archived from the original on 2023-04-06. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
  14. ↑ "Fernández Noroña se contagia de COVID-19 por segunda vez". El Financiero (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-23.
  15. ↑ Rodríguez, Luis Carlos; Gamboa, Víctor (2022-05-31). "Se confrontan en el Congreso: Lilly Téllez llama a Noroña "changoleón" y priista lo reta a golpes". El Universal (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2022-06-15. Retrieved 2022-07-26.
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