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The official “uncovering” came first from the president when he included him along with five other men and women among the profiles that could be an option for succession. Days later, in Toluca, State of Mexico, a team close to the foreign minister organized an event in which they discussed the work to be done in the construction of a candidacy and in which Ebrard Casaubon recalled that on “several occasions” they have given it for dead, but managed to get ahead.
This will be the second time that the chancellor will seek the candidacy for the Presidency. In 2012, he came second in the poll with which the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) chose his standard-bearer: Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
In this 2022, for several weeks now, the chancellor has been very active both in events and on social networks.
In his participation in Toluca, State of Mexico, where Morena leaders gave the official flag for the 2023 and 2024 race, the foreign minister called for unity but with an even floor.
“Our leadership will know how to maintain unity, because unity is built with respect, it is built when there is level ground, when the people are listened to,” he said when taking the floor in Toluca.
Last Sunday he was the absent candidate in Coahuila —due to a Covid infection—, where the party held a mirror event to that of Edomex and his party colleagues and rivals for the candidacy were present, although next to the bandstand they He could see some people carrying blankets with the phrase: “Marcelo is my carnal.”
His main competitor is Claudia Sheinbaum, who is referred to as “the favorite” of President López Obrador; after she is not a member of the Cabinet, she is a recurring guest at President’s events.
“President López Obrador wants his project to remain, that his project is not overshadowed by the agenda of others, that is why there is a reluctance with Marcelo Ebrard, despite the fact that the chancellor’s strong card is that he has already ceded the candidacy to López Obrador and it would touch him. However, he has his own agenda, despite being close to the president, he is a politician with a different agenda, willing to sacrifice things that are relevant to the president”, considers López Montiel.
