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With the intention that the government was the owner of its narrative, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador He proposed holding morning press conferences.
It was not something new for the man from Tabasco, since since he was head of Government of the then Federal District he already had his daily meetings with the press .
The president assured that these morning messages are important to guarantee peace in the country, so he would not delegate the responsibility of attending, knowing and informing, to address pending issues directly.
So, On the first Monday after being sworn in as Constitutional President, the Mornings began.
This was AMLO’s first morning
Only two days had passed since his inauguration and the newly inaugurated president Andrés Manuel López Obrador began his activities as head of the federal Executive. As he promised in his campaign, would hold morning press conferences Monday through Friday.
Dressed in a dark gray suit and a checkered tie, López Obrador entered the Treasury Room of the National Palace from the right side to give his first press conference of his government. A horde of journalists, photographers and cameramen were already waiting for him.
“Good morning, we were a little late because the first meeting with the Security Cabinet was extended,” the president excused himself, after checking his watch, which is about to be raffled off at his last conference, and approaching the lectern. placed in the middle of the podium.
Accompanied by Luis Crescencio Sandoval, Secretary of Defense; José Rafael Ojeda, Secretary of the Navy; the then Secretary of the Interior, Olga Sánchez Cordero; Alfonso Durazo, who served as Secretary of Security and the then head of the Attorney General’s Office, Alejandro Gertz Manero.
Everyone remained standing, The first lectures lasted an hour on average, But as the President’s interventions became longer, chairs had to be added for the guests.
The companions were in charge of taking notes when an issue related to the department they directed arose, but contrary to what would later become custom, they did not respond directly to the journalists’ questions.
After nine media interventions and 52 minutes and 11 seconds of conferencethe president left the Hall to go to the signing event of an agreement in pursuit of the truth about the Ayotzinapa case.
AMLO’s first morning
What was the first Mañanera about?
López Obrador recalled the events of the weekend, such as the event in Campo Marte in which the armed forces expressed their loyalty to the new President and his brief visit to Veracruz.
That same day, the head of the federal Executive signed an agreement to begin the search process and justice in the case of the missing young people of Ayotzinapa, one of the 100 commitments he made and which to date is one of the two pending, according to the government.
He also reported on progress in the formation of the Expenditure Budgetwhich would be delivered to the Chamber of Deputies, which he said would focus on promoting productive activities, creating jobs, motivating the growth of the economy, ensuring well-being, peace and tranquility.
Migrants
In his first conference, the President presented his proposal to promote development in Central American countries. Through tripartite investment from Canada, the United States and Mexico, the companies and governments of the three countries would promote development from south to north in Central America, and in North America, to confront the migration phenomenon.
Although the investment by the three countries would not be completed, the Mexican government did receive economic aid from the United States for that purpose, and The Sembrando Vida programs were implemented in Mexico, and later in Central America, to help farmers.
Security
As part of his plan to pacify the country, the president announced that the previous day the displacement of 35,745 elements of the Military Policeof the Naval Police, of the Federal Police, in 150 coordinations in the country, and the groups would be strengthened with the support of state and municipal police. At the same time, he presented a monthly report of the total number of homicides and other crimes that impact the country.
Given the average of 66 daily homicides in the previous six-year term, the president announced that during the first days of his government this average dropped to 50 on Saturday and Sunday.
Cancellation of NAIM
Despite the insistence of journalists, The president refused to talk about the cancellation of the Texcoco airport. However, he maintained that the shareholders’ investments are guaranteed, as well as the bonds and shares that have to do with the air terminal trust.
Opposition
After members of the PAN compared him to Stalin and Hitler, the President celebrated that a position of opposition to his government began to form, as he described it as a “good exercise” since it will help guarantee the right to dissent, since “ “They haven’t been opposition for a long time.” “We are well and good. “We are not going to get angry,” he noted.
“I have the reins of power in my hands; that is to say, There is a Government in Mexico, and it is a government to give you security and protection for Mexicans so that hope is maintained, that the expectation of changes is going to become reality.
“Every time the government is going to have more legitimacy, because they are going to see more actions for the benefit of the people, and they must not fail to take into account that this is a transformation of the public life of the country. There are those who do not want to see it, but reality is going to impose itself little by little,” he declared.
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