© Reuters. Mexico’s Secretary of Power Rocio Nahle Garcia appears to be like on throughout a information convention with Haitham Al Ghais, Secretary Common of the Group of the Petroleum Exporting International locations (OPEC), in Mexico Metropolis, Mexico March 9, 2023. REUTERS/Henry Romero

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico Power Secretary Rocio Nahle has offered her resignation and can step down instantly, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador stated on Friday, as she prepares to enter the race for governor of Veracruz state.

Nahle, a 59-year-old chemical engineer who has held workplace since late 2018, stated final month she could run for governor of Veracruz, which borders the Gulf of Mexico and is wealthy in oil and gasoline.

“She can be with us within the place till in the present day,” Lopez Obrador stated, wishing her the perfect and thanking her for her work notably on Dos Bocas, a significant oil refinery for state producer Pemex in Tabasco that’s set to succeed in full capability this 12 months.

The refinery goals to assist Mexico turn out to be power self-sufficient however has not but begun to market its merchandise.

In subsequent 12 months’s elections, Nahle might compete on behalf of the ruling MORENA occasion for governorship towards Miguel Angel Yunes of the conservative PAN occasion, a former Veracruz governor who might search a comeback to his previous workplace.

Late on Friday, MORENA printed an inventory of its pre-candidates for Veracruz, which alongside Nahle embrace deputies Sergio Gutierrez Luna and Claudia Tello and the state’s former occasion president, Manuel Huerta.

The checklist additionally contains Eric Cisneros and Zenyazen Escobar, who resigned from their posts as Veracruz authorities secretary and training secretary, respectively.

The present state governor is MORENA’s Cuitlahuac Garcia.

Nahle despatched a message on social messaging platform X thanking Lopez Obrador. “It is an honor,” she stated. “Mission completed!”.