The PRD has divvied up the party posts, with Jesús Ortega's wing, called the New Left or the Chuchos, snapping up the posts charged with administration and finance, campesinos, youth affairs, alliances (heavyweight Ruth Zavaleta landed this one), and education. Other currents (National Democratic Alternative, Social Left, National Democratic Left, the unnamed movement headed by Javier González, another unnamed movement under Alejandro Encinas) also snagged some choice jobs, which party activists say is a reflection of a just distribution.
It is striking how many different poles there are in the PRD. I'm not sure if that's really true or is just window dressing, but as soon as I read someone who can make sense of this, Gancho readers will be the first to know. In the meantime, one comment: given that it must balance the interests of at least six different political currents, it's not a huge surprise that the party struggles with unity.
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The PRD started out as a coalition of disparate factions. Community activists that agitated for earthquake victims, communists, rebels, those in PRI-controlled parties and many from the PRI and jumped into the PRD. They never really came together. It thus maintains a structure that is faction first, party second.
Right, sometimes forget to focus on their origins. It's been more than twenty years though, so it's kind of odd or at least unfortunate that the different factions' interests remain so narrow. The Mexican left needs some sort of Buckley figure who can unite all the different strands.
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