The present of the “president”
Although he is now retired, Andrés Manuel López Obrador is still called president, at least that is what President Claudia Sheinbaum does.
A few days ago, the Morenista explained that she refers to López Obrador as president out of respect.
“The other day someone said to me: ‘Why do you keep calling him president?’ Out of respect, out of affection and, furthermore, I have no complex calling him president. Because they say: ‘There is only one president.’ Well yes, there is only one president; “But it was President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and I do it with respect and affection,” he said in his morning conference .
A year ago, on December 27, 2023, López Obrador anticipated his retirement routine: wake up early, walk in “La Chingada”, have breakfast, rest and write.
“So my routine is going to be: get up early as always and walk 5 kilometers for an hour, I hope that by then I will continue with that pace, and then go to the bathroom. Breakfast, about two more laps, but very short, and then sit for two hours,” he said that day.
“I get up from the work table, walk two or three not very long laps. I have a coffee, I have a pozol… depending. I sit again until 1 or 1:30, which is lunch time. Walking and then sitting down to work for 8 hours again, but writing,” he added.
In his retirement, former President López Obrador is working on research on Mexico’s cultural wealth, which he plans to turn into a book in the coming years.
“I am going to dedicate myself to writing, but I am not going to publish soon. I am not going to write about the politics of our time, I am going to do a study on the thoughts of the people of pre-Hispanic times,” López Obrador shared on November 24 of 2023.
And the heir?
Former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador assured that with his retirement from politics, there was no heir, however, his son, Andrés Manuel López Beltrán officially began his career in public life.
The son of the former president was elected by Morena as his Secretary of Organization, a position from which some have already nominated him for a popularly elected position.
Morenistas have mentioned him to be a candidate for the presidency of Mexico in 2030, although others have considered that he could seek the leadership of the Mexico City government that year.
“I and my family will be Tabasco residents by birth, but we consider ourselves Chilangos by adoption and by conviction, (…) that is why I will dedicate my life to them and will always fight for their well-being,” said López Beltrán on Saturday, December 14.
(Photo: Galo Cañas Rodríguez/ Cuartoscuro.)
