Sheinbaum proposes Cárdenas be laid to rest in the Rotunda
The president raised the idea at the Bellas Artes tribute. The move needs the Interior Ministry's approval and the family's consent.
President Claudia Sheinbaum proposed Friday night that the remains of Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano, founder of the leftist PRD, be placed in Mexico's Rotunda of Illustrious Persons. She raised the idea at a tribute held with his casket present at the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City. The government posted video of the moment on its X account.
Sheinbaum made the idea conditional on the family's consent. Burials in the Rotunda go through the Interior Ministry and its evaluation committee, and no ruling or transfer date has been announced.
The video's caption says the president "proposes that his remains rest" there. The same account called Cárdenas a "leader of the democratic movement that began in 1988."
Cárdenas died Oct. 28 at 92. He governed Michoacán, ran for president in 1988, 1994 and 2000, founded the PRD and became the first elected head of government of Mexico City.
The city's current leader, Clara Brugada, also said goodbye to him on X that day.
The Rotunda sits inside the Dolores Civil Cemetery in the capital. For Cárdenas to be interred there, the Interior Ministry's committee would have to approve the request.
