The National Guard should return to civilian command, outside the Ministry of Defense.
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What does Partido PAZ propose?
Partido PAZ is a new party that brings together leaders and members of the former Social Encounter Party (PES), which lost its registration in 2018 and, as Encuentro Solidario, in 2021. The INE registered it on 25 June 2026, with effect from 1 July. It is chaired by Hugo Eric Flores Cervantes, founder of the PES, elected at the party’s first congress on 22 August 2026; to lead it he took leave from his seat in the Morena group. Its documents define it by “social liberalism”; analysts place it on the conservative right. It has no deputies.
It is running for the first time in 2027 and, by law, without coalitions. As a new party, it needs 3% of the vote to keep its registration. Its positions come from its founding documents: making the family the main institution promoted by the state, defending life as “the natural right par excellence” and security based on prevention and community policing.
PAZ has a position on 45 of the 45 test questions, across 12 topics: 15 in favor, 23 in between and 7 against. Of these, 12 are based on a linked document and 33 are estimated. Take the test to find out how well you match PAZ.
Reading the positions of PAZ
Of the eight parties on the ballot, the PAZ party is the hardest to measure. It has existed as a national party since July 1, 2026; it has no deputies or votes of its own, and it has yet to file an electoral platform, expected in January 2027. Of its 45 answers, only 12 rest on a document or a statement; the other 33 are estimated from its 2026 founding documents. When those texts do not address an issue, the estimate tends to stay at the midpoint, which is why this party appears close to the average almost everywhere: only one of its 45 answers sits at an end of the scale; 23 are intermediate, 15 agree and just 7 disagree. Everything below is provisional.
What is documented sketches a profile that is more social than ideological. Its program wants social policy to guarantee everyone a minimum floor of well-being instead of being limited to targeted measures, each state to run its own social policy in coordination with the federal government, and decisions to be built from the community up. On security, it wants pretrial measures reviewed person by person and defends the presumption of innocence, while proposing data analysis and artificial intelligence to anticipate crime, with personal data protected. It asks for technical and budgetary autonomy for audit bodies and proposes issuing bonds to rebuild the pension system. Its only answer at an extreme is environmental: it fully supports making polluters pay, through progressive environmental taxes earmarked for climate mitigation; it also offers tax incentives to firms adopting clean energy, and its second most distant theme is "Energy and environment" (0.63 points).
Its theme furthest from the rest is "Rights and freedoms" (1.52 points), and there caution is at its highest: five of six positions are estimated. The only sourced one is abortion. In a July 2026 interview its legal representative accepted that abortion is a right in the states that allow it, but announced that the party will keep promoting pro-life initiatives, and its declaration presents life as the foremost natural right; hence its disagreement with legalizing it nationwide. The others (adoption by same-sex couples, marijuana, trans people's paperwork and euthanasia) are inferred from how its declaration and its legal representative describe marriage, the family and drugs, and on all of them it lands on the same side as the PAN.
In its own documents, PAZ calls its ideology social liberalism, defends the secular state and says it takes stances from both right and left. Its president, Hugo Eric Flores Cervantes, founded the former PES and sat as a deputy from 2024 to 2026 within Morena's caucus; the leadership rejects the idea that PAZ is a satellite of that party, and in 2027 it will run alone, because the law bars coalitions in a party's first election. In the little that can be compared, it does not clash with the PAN on any of the 11 statements sourced for both, while with the PT it is on the opposite side of 3 out of 12, among them automatic pretrial detention and the autonomous bodies. Counting estimates as well, its highest match is with the PRI and the PAN (76% each), and its lowest with Morena (67%).
How the eight parties’ places on the political compass are calculated, statement by statement, is explained in the analysis «Left-wing and right-wing parties in Mexico: the 2027 compass».
🛡️ PAZ on Security and armed forces
4 questions: 2 in favor, 2 in between and 0 against.
In favor
Reasoning: Its programme of action proposes mechanisms to replace preventive measures by 'strictly analysing the specific cases of each detained person', and defends the presumption of innocence.
The armed forces should stop running airports, trains and customs.
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The government should use facial recognition cameras and artificial intelligence to prevent crime.
In favor
Reasoning: Its programme of action proposes using 'data analysis, artificial intelligence' to anticipate crime patterns, while also calling for personal data to be protected; it does not mention facial recognition.
⚖️ PAZ on Justice and the judiciary
3 questions: 0 in favor, 2 in between and 1 against.
The election of judges, magistrates and Supreme Court justices by popular vote should be reversed.
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Constitutional amendments should not be open to challenge before the Supreme Court.
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🗳️ PAZ on Elections and parties
4 questions: 1 in favor, 3 in between and 0 against.
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Public funding for political parties should be cut.
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No party should hold a larger share of seats in the Chamber than its share of the vote.
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Only people who hold Mexican nationality alone should be able to govern a state or the country.
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🏛️ PAZ on Institutions and corruption
3 questions: 2 in favor, 1 in between and 0 against.
In favor
Reasoning: Its programme of action calls for strengthening state transparency bodies and guaranteeing the 'technical and budgetary autonomy' of audit bodies, and its declaration for 'genuine economic competition laws'.
Source: Programa de acción, p. 17, y declaración de principios, p. 9 (registro de 2026).
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💰 PAZ on Economy and taxes
3 questions: 1 in favor, 2 in between and 0 against.
An annual tax on large fortunes should be created.
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Taxes on soft drinks, junk food and tobacco should be raised.
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The government should reduce public debt even if that forces it to spend less.
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👷 PAZ on Work and pensions
2 questions: 1 in favor, 1 in between and 0 against.
The private retirement-fund system (Afores) should be replaced by a public pension system.
In between
Reasoning: Its programme of action proposes issuing national bonds to 'rebuild the national system of public and private pensions', without saying whether the Afores should go.
The minimum wage should keep rising above inflation every year.
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🎓 PAZ on Education, children and family
3 questions: 3 in favor, 0 in between and 0 against.
Teachers should have to pass an evaluation to obtain and keep their posts.
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Full-day schools in basic education should be brought back.
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⚡ PAZ on Energy and environment
5 questions: 3 in favor, 2 in between and 0 against.
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Mexico should allow fracking to produce more of its own gas.
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Polluters should pay environmental taxes according to the damage they cause.
Strongly in favor
Reasoning: Its programme of action proposes 'a progressive scheme of environmental taxes on highly polluting activities', with the revenue going to climate mitigation.
Mexico should prioritize renewable energy over oil and gas, even if it costs more at first.
In favor
Reasoning: Its programme of action proposes tax incentives for companies adopting 'clean technologies, renewable energy', without saying they should come before oil and gas even at a higher cost.
No new mining concessions should be granted.
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🌾 PAZ on Water, farming and indigenous peoples
4 questions: 0 in favor, 3 in between and 1 against.
Planting genetically modified maize should remain banned in Mexico.
In between
Reasoning: Its programme of action proposes 'developing research on the biosafety of genetically modified organisms' and defending food sovereignty, without calling for them to be banned or allowed.
Holders of a water concession should be able to sell it or pass it on together with the land.
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A project on indigenous land should not go ahead if the community rejects it in the consultation.
In between
Reasoning: Its programme of action proposes 'promoting the participation of indigenous and farming communities in decision-making on the use of their territories', without saying whether their rejection should stop a project.
Prices for staple grains should be set by the market, without government guaranteed prices.
Against
Reasoning: Its programme of action proposes funds to offset 'the asymmetries in the marketing of staple goods' and platforms that 'guarantee fair prices', with food sovereignty as a guiding principle.
🌎 PAZ on United States, trade and migration
3 questions: 0 in favor, 3 in between and 0 against.
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📜 PAZ on Rights and freedoms
6 questions: 1 in favor, 1 in between and 4 against.
Abortion should be legal nationwide during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.
Against
Reasoning: Its legal representative said in 2026 that abortion, where legal, 'is a right' to be respected, but that they will keep promoting 'pro-life initiatives'; its declaration calls life 'the natural right par excellence'.
Source: Entrevista a Armando González Escoto en Animal Político, 15 de julio de 2026.
Same-sex couples should be able to adopt on the same terms as other couples.
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The sale of marijuana for adult use should remain prohibited.
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Euthanasia should be legal for terminally ill patients who request it.
Against
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A government agency should be able to order internet platforms to remove harmful content.
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“Estimated position” means we have inferred it from the party's platform and statements as a whole, without a document that states it explicitly. If you know of one, write to us: we will correct it and cite it.
Frequently asked questions about PAZ
Who founded Partido PAZ and where does it come from?
Partido PAZ grew out of the association Construyendo Sociedades de Paz and brings together leaders and members of the former Social Encounter Party (PES), which lost its registration in 2018 and, as Partido Encuentro Solidario, in 2021. It was founded and is chaired by Hugo Eric Flores Cervantes, founder of the PES, who entered the Chamber of Deputies in 2024 in the Morena group and in August 2026 took leave from his seat to lead the new party; PAZ’s first congress elected him chair on 22 August 2026.
When did Partido PAZ obtain its registration as a party?
The INE General Council registered it as a national political party on 25 June 2026 (resolution INE/CG344/2026), with effect from 1 July 2026. The election of 6 June 2027 is its first: by law it cannot join a coalition, and it needs 3% of the valid vote to keep its registration.
Is PAZ a left-wing or right-wing party?
On our political compass, calculated from the party’s positions on the test statements, PAZ is in the center on the economy (0) and on the conservative side on values (+30), on a scale from −100 to +100.
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