On December 9, 2017, he resigned as legal adviser to the country's capital[1] to be elected as president of the National Executive Council of the Party of the Democratic Revolution.

In high school, he actively participated in the Youth Cultural Association where he began giving lectures and gained experience in organization and leadership.

[3] From this position he held the technical secretariat of the group of notables responsible for drafting the first Political Constitution of Mexico City.

[3] Years later, when the Alejandra Barrales presidency at the head of the PRD had to be renewed by provisions of the party's internal statutes (a situation ratified by the electoral justice system, which imposed the December 9, 2017 deadline), the Internal currents of the party (the so-called tribes) began to lobby who could be the successor to Barrales.

[2] On his own, the other PRD currents (Nueva Izquierda led by Jesús Zambrano and Jesús Ortega; Galileos Initiative led by Guadalupe Acosta Naranjo and Jorge Martínez; and Foro Nuevo Sol of Pascual Sígala) and Silvano Aureoles, PRD governor of Michoacán, presented their own proposals.

[2] His work at the head of the party is to implement the 2018 electoral process that begins with the launch of the coalition "Por México al Frente" formed on December 8 (one day before taking possession of the PRD presidency).

On October 22, Manuel Granados Covarrubias sent a letter to the CEN of the PRD to present his resignation as head of this political institute.