Why did AMLO call Denisse Dresser ‘Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, second’? President Andrés Manuel López Obrador mocked the statements made by the political scientist after the results of the 2024 elections, in which Morena ‘devastated’.
During his ‘morning’ conference this Wednesday, June 5, López Obrador showed the video where Dresser stated that “his compatriots put back on the chains that we took off from them.”
The analyst’s comment caused laughter among the reporters and also from the president, so he made reference to ‘La Corregidora’ Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez.
“I’m talking about a doctor in Political Science, the coordinator of Political Science at ITAM, from the university that was the most famous during the neoliberal period, from there all the Treasury officials came from,” said the president.
Lopez Obrador pointed out that as long as it is thought that the people are masochistic and “slaves” A true opposition will not be formed, which is necessary to have an “authentic democracy.”
What did Denise Dresser say?
Denise Dresser participated in a panel discussion where the post-election results were analyzed. A fragment of her intervention went viral on social networks, which was also criticized by the president.
“I believe that today Mexican democracy as we had conceived it died and with the thunderous applause and popular support of many people for whom that democracy did not mean real improvements in their daily lives, it did not translate into benefits, it brought with it alternation and the possibility sometimes of those who governed badly,” was part of his intervention.
Denise Dresser assured that the message for analysts is that the defense of democracy was not the winning argument in these elections because it is not what the majority wants.
“The opposition is not going to be competitive again for a long time.” and it saddens me to know that most of my compatriots put back on the chains that we removed from them in the 80’s and 90’s. “They voted again so that there was only one party,” was part of Dresser’s comment.
This last phrase caused controversy, criticism, comments and even memes on social networks, with those who described the writer’s analysis as a “delirium.”
