AMLO passes the baton to Sheinbaum and calls to strengthen what has been achieved

“I am leaving with peace of mind because the person to whom I will hand the presidential sash, by mandate of the people, is an exceptional woman, experienced, and above all, honest and with good feelings, with a good heart, in tune with the founding principles of our transformation movement and an authentic defender of equality, freedom, justice, democracy, sovereignty: Claudia Sheinbaum“He said almost at the end of the penultimate mass event that he will have as the 66th president in the history of Mexico.

The next president was asked to finish the works on the Tren Insurgente, which runs from Zinacantepec in the State of Mexico to Santa Fe in Mexico City and which still needs two stations to be connected: Vasco de Quiroga and the Observatorio terminal, by next December.

He also commissioned him to finish the park that is being built where the “SCOP Center” or the headquarters of the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation used to be, and which was affected by the 2017 earthquake. In that place, they intend to exhibit the murals of 10 artists who had their headquarters there.

In what he said would be a long report, López Obrador highlighted the progress of his government, including the increase in the minimum wage, social programs, poverty reduction, support for education, the fight against corruption, and the reduction of access to health care. His long report was accompanied by some controversial statements.

“This public health system is already the most effective in the world, I said it was going to be the best, that it was going to be like in Denmark, but no, no, it is like in Denmark,it’s better than the one in Denmark!“While during the six-year terms of (Felipe) Calderón and (Enrique) Peña Nieto, 100,000 people became poorer every month, in our government, on the contrary, “Every month 100,000 Mexicans are lifted out of poverty,” “We have been respectful of the autonomy of powers to the extreme, “because it would not have cost us anything to continue with the centuries-old tradition of adding the other two Powers as an appendix, because for a long time in authoritarian politics the power of the Powers was the Executive, or it was not like that. Well, we have acted in a respectful manner, we have not wanted to compromise so that they approve everything for us,” were some of them.

In that Zócalo that has boasted of being filled more than 60 timesthe president did not miss the opportunity to have his judicial reform initiative “passed by the majority.” Halfway through his speech, he asked the audience to demonstrate by raising their hands whether or not they agree that judges, magistrates and ministers should be elected by citizen vote, as proposed in one of his 20 reform initiatives.

“We are going to hold a consultation, which will surely be criticised tomorrow. It is very funny! They even make fools of themselves! I say this with all due respect, we could not live so bored. Let’s see, what do you prefer, that the ministers are chosen by the president and the senators or that they are chosen by the people?” he asked.