Lopez Obrador's 'Pacifist' Movement Alberto Marquez and Víctor Mayen - Rumbo de Mexico
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Presidential candidate for the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AP)

MAZATLÁN, Sinaloa – Presidential candidate for the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) Andrés Manuel López Obrador said that he will not sow hatred in the present presidential election.

During a press conference in Puerto de Mazatlán, Sinaloa, López Obrador said that his movement is pacifist and respectful.

In response to a piece written by Liébano Sáenz (where he argued that López Obrador was perpetuating “A State of Hate”), the PRD candidate said, “With all due respect I am not trying to be argumentative, but Héctor Aguilar Camín, Pablo Hiriart, and now Peña Nieto have repeated Sáenz’s words.”

Regarding the ongoing drug war, López Obrador said that he would gradually remove the military from the streets, and would implement a well-trained national police force.

Ricardo Monreal Ávila, campaign coordinator for López Obrador, clarified Wednesday that the reason the PRD candidate will not be speaking at various public universities is due to lack of time, and not because of fear of student criticism. He said that López Obrador deeply identifies with university students, and is inviting everyone to meet with him May 21 at the historic Three Cultures Plaza in Tlatelolco, Mexico City.

Commenting on the exchanges between Elba Esther Gordillo and presidential candidate Josefina Vázquez Mota, Monreal Avila said that “both women are being hypocritcal and lack moral integrity.”

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