Despite presidential skepticism due to adverse rulings in the Supreme Court, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador knows, and knows well, that the rule of law —the rule of law— is crucial for the success of his “revolution of consciences” .
It has not been a good week for the Government of the Republic, but nothing is gained by disqualifying the ministers, since he has crushed the Juarist apothegm of “nothing outside the law, nobody above the law.”
On the eve of Holy Week, at this crossroads of his mandate, it is worth the attempt to know the direction of the Homeland and to ask the president the question that, according to Christian tradition, Peter asked Jesus: “Quo vadis?”
Impractical to fight with Washington
Although there are those who, trapped by political narratives, presume that Mexico must be firm, very firm, in the face of possible pressure from Washington, even at the risk of having a confrontation.
They have allowed themselves to be caught up in the game of mirrors with which, unwittingly, through the very active ambassador Ken Salazar, they ensure that the interests of US investors are not affected.
They do not reflect on the fantasy of a confrontation with those of whom we are their second largest trading partner, only behind Canada. Years ago a South Korean official told me: What we would do if we had only 50 kilometers of border with the United States!
What there is from one concentration to another
Years ago, a president on tour watched silently from the balcony of the government palace at the crowd that cheered him from the square. “Think how much people want you, sir?” the governor asked. “No, I was wondering how much it cost you to get them together.”
When they have been in power for a long time, presidents are more realistic than when they take office, which is often forgotten by officials who try to impress them with large rallies.
President López Obrador will undoubtedly already know how to discern and gauge the motivations and costs of the concentrations with which so many of his people suppose they will make an indelible impression on him.
Swirling Notes
BBVA announces that it sets the growth rate of the Mexican economy at 1.2%. And there are those who believe that uncertainty has no cost… What do they know in the Senate? Ignacio Mier’s morenista deputies asked themselves when they found out that the Senate is leaving the megabridge until April 19, without waiting for the Supreme Court’s ruling on the constitutionality of the electricity law… Inflation, yes, as some suppose, it is temporary, it can be managed with more social spending; but if it is in the medium term, it could become a dangerous electoral variable, they say in the Palace… It does not matter if the INE eventually sanctions the head of the Interior, Adán Augusto López. Those who are concerned about this have not realized how dangerous it was to involve the military in electoral acts of the official party… It is worth repeating the wise phrase of Don Francisco de Quevedo: “External hypocrisy, being a moral sin, is great.” political virtue”…
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