Emir Olivares and Alonso Urrutia
Newspaper La Jornada
Wednesday December 14, 2022, p. 5
On the verge of the Senate defining the fate of the plan B of the electoral reform, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador maintained that in his case the opposition parties have the alternative of challenging the content before the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, so that the ministers can determine its legality.
In his conference yesterday, the head of the Executive emphasized that opponents can claim that the initiative is unconstitutional, but as a legal reform it cannot contravene the Constitution, what is the law of laws
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The head of the Executive considered that the positions known among those who object to the changes are reduced to pure politicking
. He explained that his original proposal, which was rejected by the Chamber of Deputies, was limited because it required a constitutional reform. Now It is not possible, which was the most important thing, to reduce the number of legislators from 500 to 300, and it is not possible to remove the multi-members and that all the representatives are authentic representatives of the people
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He criticized the former advisers of the National Electoral Institute who have approached the Senate to disqualify the reform: pure fine people
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He cited Luis Carlos Ugalde and others who have participated in electoral fraud. Ugalde was put by the teacher Elba Esther Gordillo, carried out the fraud of 2006 in the presidential election. Imagine what Ugalde did, he hired Calderón’s brother-in-law to count the votes, who was the candidate against us, whom they ended up imposing. Who is going to defend democracy yesterday, in quotes, in the Senate?… Ugalde
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On the other hand, the president expressed his confidence in the ability of the calls caps to relieve him, although he assured that the number is not limited to three, but that it can be expanded.
He was asked if the number of candidates from Morena to replace him can grow, such as Lázaro Cárdenas Batel, his coordinator of advisers and the ambassadors of Mexico to the United States, Esteban Moctezuma and to the United Nations Organization, Juan Ramón de la Fuente.
“Everyone has a chance, everyone. And they are going to decide at the time and they are very good (…) I am very confident in the quality of those who can replace me, ”he said.
Any of those who are running, any of them, would do a good job. It is an enormous joy to have the possibility of a relay with professional people, with whom they have already had responsibility. They are people with principles, honest people, linked to the people, some more, others less, but all. In other words, it may be that in their positions some are more to the left, others less, more to the center, yes. But they are very good at running this great country for the benefit of this noble people.
he emphasized.
He also urged that there be no confrontations between the candidates that come from his party. What has to be taken care of is that there are no lawsuits. Because I see Adán (Augusto López), Marcelo (Ebrard) and Claudia (Sheinbaum) as very kind and affectionate to each other, respectful
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Far from thinking about the confrontation between the capsthe president called on the opposition to to solve your problem
to choose their standard-bearer with a view to 2024, since according to the President there are up to 50 or more political adversaries who have expressed interest or have been mentioned as possible candidates.
That they are not thinking so much that there will be divisions in the ranks of the transformation. Where there are going to be serious problems is going to be in the selection of candidates from the conservative bloc. Who is going to decide there, how are they going to do it? It would be good if you advised them to start making proposals, because the time is coming
he concluded.
