(EFE).- The Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, asked his followers on Monday “not to attack” the Cuban singer Francisco pancho Céspedes, who wished him death after a concert over the weekend.
“I don’t want anyone to be attacked, you know that just as there are people who don’t love me, there are people who love me a lot, so when they disrespect me, people get upset,” the president said at his usual press conference. morning.
“A singer, Céspedes, made it known yesterday or the day before that he did not agree with me and wished me things to go wrong,” he added.
His statements come after an interview with the media in which Céspedes criticized López Obrador for inviting the President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, to the celebrations of the bicentennial of the Independence of Mexico in September 2021.
“In other words, you can invite any president, but not put him as the maximum, because that’s why I don’t like that guy very much and I hope he dies,” said the singer-songwriter. in a video that went viral on social media.
“In other words, you can invite any president, but not put him as the maximum, because that’s why I don’t like that guy very much and I hope he dies,” said the singer-songwriter.
After the event, supporters of López Obrador attacked the Cuban artist, including the president’s wife, Beatriz Gutiérrez-Müller.
“Mexico has given you everything, don’t forget it, friend. Poor you, I don’t wish you death, but a happy life so you don’t hate,” the woman, who rejects the title of first lady, wrote on social networks.
López Obrador asked this Monday to “respect the point of view” of Céspedes. “What I want to say is that we should not wish badly on anyone. I do not feel any grievance on their part and I ask everyone to respect their point of view, even when it is extreme. I have already said it many times, I am not supporter of the law of retaliation,” he said.
The Mexican ruler suggested “understanding that those on the right are in a bad mood, in Mexico and throughout the world.”
“The right wing is courageous, we are happy. Happy, happy, happy. So, understand this circumstance,” he recommended.
López Obrador’s relationship with Díaz-Canel has faced criticism, such as last February, when the Mexican awarded him the Order of the Aztec Eagle, considered the highest State recognition for a foreigner.
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