The father of Mexican Formula 1 driver Sergio ‘Checo’ Pérez seeks to be a candidate for the presidency of Mexico and refuses to be “hanging” on his son’s fame to achieve his goal, according to an interview published this Saturday.
“I get to many places and I start to review the media and networks where they talk about the father of ‘Checo’, that I’m hanging on his fame, but no, don’t get confusedto ‘Checo’ I did it”, declared Antonio Pérez Garibay to the local newspaper Milenio.
“‘Checo’ Pérez has not surpassed me; The day he has a Formula 1 driver son, we will talk, “she added.
Sergio Pérez, member of the Red Bull team, He is the most outstanding Mexican motorist in the history of Formula 1. Last March he obtained the first pole position of his entire career and of motor racing in his country, at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
His father, 60 years old, He is a deputy of the ruling party Morena by the state of Jalisco (west) and claims to be a “soldier of the president” Andrés Manuel López Obrador, as well as one of the architects of his son’s success.
“There are two projects with which I can die satisfied: have put a grain of sand to build ‘Checo’ Pérez, the Mexican Formula 1 driver, and a grain of sand to build the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador,” he said, quoted by the newspaper.
Pérez Garibay assured, however, that will accept if López Obrador decides to support another of the candidates to succeed him in office.
“I am a soldier of the president, I will continue my project hand in hand with the president, but I know how to obey orders and if the president lowers me, I lower myself,” he said, according to Milenio.
The upcoming presidential elections in Mexico andare scheduled for July 2024 and the ruling party’s candidacy is still far from defined.
Pérez Garibay is not among the likely candidates, according to the polls, which highlight the current mayor of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum, and Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard as favorites.
The father of Mexican Formula 1 driver Sergio ‘Checo’ Pérez seeks to be a candidate for the presidency of Mexico and refuses to be “hanging” on his son’s fame to achieve his goal, according to an interview published this Saturday.
“I get to many places and I start to review the media and networks where they talk about the father of ‘Checo’, that I’m hanging on his fame, but no, don’t get confusedto ‘Checo’ I did it”, declared Antonio Pérez Garibay to the local newspaper Milenio.
“‘Checo’ Pérez has not surpassed me; The day he has a Formula 1 driver son, we will talk, “she added.
Sergio Pérez, member of the Red Bull team, He is the most outstanding Mexican motorist in the history of Formula 1. Last March he obtained the first pole position of his entire career and of motor racing in his country, at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
His father, 60 years old, He is a deputy of the ruling party Morena by the state of Jalisco (west) and claims to be a “soldier of the president” Andrés Manuel López Obrador, as well as one of the architects of his son’s success.
“There are two projects with which I can die satisfied: have put a grain of sand to build ‘Checo’ Pérez, the Mexican Formula 1 driver, and a grain of sand to build the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador,” he said, quoted by the newspaper.
Pérez Garibay assured, however, that will accept if López Obrador decides to support another of the candidates to succeed him in office.
“I am a soldier of the president, I will continue my project hand in hand with the president, but I know how to obey orders and if the president lowers me, I lower myself,” he said, according to Milenio.
The upcoming presidential elections in Mexico andare scheduled for July 2024 and the ruling party’s candidacy is still far from defined.
Pérez Garibay is not among the likely candidates, according to the polls, which highlight the current mayor of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum, and Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard as favorites.
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