Zedillo criticizes Sheinbaum, again, in an interview with León Krauze; “The function of a president is not to be popular, but to serve the nation”

Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leónformer president from 1994 to 2000, ruled out that Andrés Manuel López Obrador Be still the main protagonist of political power in Mexico because, he said, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo It was democratically elected and the votes were well counted thanks to the institutions created during the PRI.

However, in an interview with the journalist and columnist of The Universal, León Crashfor your podcast Cyberdiologists of free letters, he said that the president “does not assume her constitutional responsibilities” because he seeks to give continuity to the “demagogic work“From former President López Obrador” ridiculously “called Fourth transformation:

“I would remind him that the function of a president is not to be popular, but to serve the nation, democratically. Not being part of a project that is clearly of democratic destruction,” he said.

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The former PRI president mentioned that, when the mandates of the Morenist governments are analyzed, they can be called “coup d’etat“Because, he said, have removed a democratic regime and have established a constitutionally tyranny.

“Maybe López Obrador, she (Claudia Sheinbaum) and her party companions concluded that the best thing for Mexico was not democracy,” Zedillo lamented.

In that sense, he said that the morenistas would have thought that “the best thing for Mexico is not living in democracy”, but to maintain a hegemonic party In power, limit civil liberties, have media control, implement militarized security and increase preventive detention: “They think that is the best for the country,” he said.

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He former president Zedillo expressed concern about popularity As a measure of compliance with duty: “In that there is a lot of superficiality and triviality,” he said.

He recalled that in April 1995, after “The December error“And the economic crisis that Mexico faced,” made decisions without repairing the repercussions that could have on their popularity. “

“When I finished my government period, someone showed me a graph that I pointed out that I had 75% approval. Frankly, I was not interested in that 75%, “the PRI ex -president was sincere about the indices that the rulers of the 4T presume.

Therefore, he urged people in the power to “not pay so much attention to popularity” and that they focus on “fulfill their duty.”

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The full interview, made by León Krauze In his podcast Cyberdiologists From the Magazine Libres, it will be available tomorrow Monday, May 5.

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