President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador accused Lorenzo Cordova, the counselor president of Mexico’s National Electoral Institute (INE), of engaging in right-wing political tourism during his recent tour of the USA. At a morning conference in the National Palace, Lopez Obrador criticized Cordoba Vianello as a representative of Mexico’s oligarchy, with an anti-democratic character. The INE President Councilor met with various officials during his tour, including Brian Nichols, Luis Almagro, and Craig Jenness. The ruling party criticized Cordova’s tour, but Lopez Obrador made it clear that the right to dissent is guaranteed. Despite this, Cordova’s critics argue that taxpayers should not be funding political tourism that goes against the interests of the Mexican people.
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador accused the counselor president of the National Electoral Institute (INE), Lorenzo Cordovato carry out astraight political tourism, fachoafter his recent tour for the USA.
At the morning conference National Palace, Lopez Obrador he launched himself against Córdoba Vianello is “a representative of the oligarchy of Mexicoan anti-democratic character”.
“It is very consistent with what he represents, which means: a representative of the Mexican oligarchy, an anti-democratic character, of the country’s political elite, so it is nothing new that he meets with Almagro (Luis, general secretary of the OEA), they are the same, as with other internationalists who are in Washington or with those who are in the State Department dedicated to supporting right-wing movements in Latin America and the world, it is nothing new, it is normal,” he declared.
If anything, it would be that he is using money from the people of Mexico to do this political tourism straightfacho, but that’s all, that it costs the people, well, that they are paid from the budget to go and conspire against the people of Mexico, but we live in a free country and there is tolerance”, he pointed out.
The INE President Councilor toured the United States, where he met with various officials, including the Undersecretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Brian Nichols; the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro; as well as the head of the United Nations (UN) Electoral Assistance Division, Craig Jenness.
The ruling party has criticized said tour of the United States by Lorenzo Córdova, who is just a few days away from leaving his position at the INE.
Despite the above, the Mexican president made it clear that “the right to dissent is guaranteed, there is no problem and they don’t even realize it, they see it as normal because it was like that before and they believe that things should continue to be that way, they resist understand that there has already been a change, but yesterday we saw how the main adviser, another adviser posted a tweet saying that the town does not exist”.
With information from López-Dóriga Digital
In conclusion, the recent tour of the United States by Lorenzo Córdova, the President Councilor of the National Electoral Institute (INE), has sparked controversy and received criticism from the ruling party in Mexico. President Lopez Obrador accused Cordova of carrying out a “straight political tourism, facho” and being a representative of the oligarchy with an anti-democratic character. Despite the criticism, the Mexican president emphasized that the right to dissent is guaranteed and that there has already been a change in the country. The INE President Councilor’s tour and the subsequent statements highlight the ongoing tensions in Mexican politics and society.