President Andrés Manuel López Obrador denied that the Secretary of the Interior, Adán Augusto López, is promoting the mandate revocation consultation, despite the fact that the also licensed governor of Tabasco participated last Saturday in an event organized by Morena in which He expressed his support for the movement and the democratic exercise of next April 10. “In the case of the Secretary of the Interior, Adán Augusto López, he is visiting the states to fulfill his responsibility, not to promote the consultation, he does not go to rallies,” said the President of the Republic.
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President Andrés Manuel López Obrador assured that the Secretary of the Interior, Adán Augusto López, is visiting the states to fulfill his responsibility, not to promote the mandate revocation consultation.
This weekend, the head of Segob visited Coahuila and Sonora, states where he stated that he was not afraid that the INE could sanction him for his expressions of support for the revocation of the mandate. He even commented that the President of the Republic himself asked him to be careful so that those from the electoral body do not “run” him. “I told him, look, they can’t kick me out, but let’s suppose that in one of their excesses they kick me out, because I’m going to stand with (Alfonso) Durazo (governor of Sonora) at the corner of Pino Suárez and Niño Héroes streets, at say that it is an honor that they fire me for supporting Obrador, ”he assured. Due to the participation of the Secretary of the Interior in promoting the revocation of the mandate, the national president of the PRD, Jesús Zambrano, reported that he will file a complaint against the Secretary of the Interior, for attending an event where the referendum on the revocation of the mandate was promoted. . He also against the commander of the National Guard, Luis Rodríguez Bucio, who also participated in the event.
“He is not a candidate”
Given the criticism that arose from the participation of the Secretary of the Interior in promoting the consultation, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador maintained that Adán Augusto López is focused on his work as head of internal politics and does not aspire to the 2024 presidential election. “He, so that the adversaries calm down, calm down, is helping me in the transformation, he is not a pre-candidate for the presidency,” said the president. – Why?, the president was asked. – “Because he is helping me to transform the country, do not be confused, he is not campaigning, he is not acting that way”, he replied. The president considered that, if there are complaints against the actions of the secretary, the competent authority will be in charge of resolving.