▲ López Obrador thanked the people of Veracruz for their support after inaugurating the Leyes de Reforma Cultural Center.Photo Presidency
Eirinet Gómez and Iván Sánchez
Envoy and Correspondent
The newspaper La Jornada
Monday, September 23, 2024, p. 8
Veracruz, Veracruz, I don’t want to be a leader, a top boss, much less a chief.
said President Andrés Manuel López Obrador during the inauguration of the Leyes de Reforma Cultural Center, in the port of Veracruz, where he reiterated that at the end of his term he will go to his ranch in Palenque, Chiapas, to write a book.
During that event, he made time in his speech to say goodbye to the people of Veracruz, whose support he considered strategic for his victory in 2018, and that of the president-elect, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo. Immediately, the attendees began to shout at him: let him stay! let him stay!
No, no, no. You should not be too attached to power or money, which are sometimes confused, and people think that this is happiness. Happiness is not material goods, it is being at peace with yourself, with your conscience and with your neighbor.
The President mentioned that as a follower of Francisco I. Madero, whose motto was Effective suffrage, no re-election
, I don’t want to be a strong man, a leader, a top boss, much less a chief, that’s not it.
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He reiterated that at the end of his term he will go to his ranch in Palenque to write a book about the cultural greatness of the country, so that we never again feel inferior, to show that Mexico is a cultural power in the world and that there are no two countries like ours.
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He added that the foundations of the Fourth Transformation have been laid and he will hand over the presidential sash to an extraordinary, exceptional, prepared, honest, good-hearted woman. There is nothing to fear. The wellness programs will continue and even better than now.
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He pointed out that the neoliberal era and episodes such as Fobaproa, promoted by Ernesto Zedillo, are behind us. who converted the private debts of a few into public debt
. That way of managing is over, he said. Now, care is given to those who need it most, as was the case during the Covid-19 pandemic. They told me to ask for loans from international organizations to support bankers and to suspend the payment of taxes. I decided that we were not going to put the country into debt and we were not going to stop collecting taxes.
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In the afternoon, on social media, López Obrador again highlighted Oaxaca as a national and world example for its traditions, customs, languages and social organization
. He commented that he will seek to turn into a thesis that The good things that we Mexicans have today, we have largely inherited from pre-Hispanic Mexico.
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