Presidential Frontrunner AMLO Promises Historical ’Rebirth of Mexico’ The Yucatan Times
go to original July 4, 2017

Presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador spoke in Merida Sunday (Morena)

The national leader of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena) party on Sunday signed a political agreement on Unity for Prosperity, the People and the Rebirth of Mexico, before thousands of supporters who gathered in Merida’s Park of Peace from very early in the morning.

There, for more than an hour he gave a speech in which he explained in detail what he will do in the government he will lead as he assured that “we are on the eve of achieving a transformation in the nation,” reported Diario La Verdad.

He said that July 1, 2018 will define a fourth transformation in Mexican history, since he listed that before this, there were three major movements: that of independence; The reforms of Juarez; and the Mexican Revolution. He said that he talks about this historical background to put in context what Morena’s goals are as a party and it is not about power for power’s sake.

“Unfortunately, history repeats itself by mentioning that during the porfiriato the goods of the nation were delivered to foreign individuals, in events similar to what happened now with the delivery of national goods and resources such as PEMEX and CFE to transnational corporations,” he said.

He pointed out that he has been urged not to talk about the power mafia in order not to frighten some segments of the population, such as the middle class or advanced economic sectors. But he stressed that he cannot avoid it, charging that the country has now been dismantled and plundered by large businesses that have been made under the protection of public power.

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