MEXICO CITY (course of.com.mx).–At 8:21 a.m., President Andrés Manuel López Obrador left the Nationwide Palace together with his spouse Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller to vote on the polling station in part 4748, on 4 Moneda Avenue, within the middle of Mexico Metropolis. In 24 years it’s the first time that he didn’t vote as a candidate; at 18, for the presidency.
He left by way of the door of number one of Moneda, which for nearly three months was underneath restore, after being thrown down by protesters who attended the protest of moms and dads of the Ayotzinapa normalistas, who disappeared in 2014.
As he handed by, the press requested him: “Every thing in peace?” and the president solely responded “cheer up.”
He walked between some sections with fences made up of navy ladies wearing civilian garments who left from the identical door by way of which the president left, they, by dozens, shortly after 7 within the morning to unfold out in teams of two or three, all through the complete The road that was additionally blocked from nook to nook with metallic fences to forestall the passage of the final inhabitants and only some minutes earlier than the president’s departure they allowed the neighbors who belonged to that field to enter.
The president entered the Museum of Artwork of the Ministry of Finance, within the Outdated Palace of the Archbishopric and nearly ten minutes later, together with the time he devoted to taking pictures with polling station officers, signing books and receiving hugs, he left the headquarters within the final election wherein he’ll take part as President of the Republic.
He was the primary voter to enter that module, though there was already a line ready for the vote of the top of the federal Government.
Outdoors, a bit additional away, shouts of help have been heard: “It’s an honor to be with Obrador,” as he entered the field. Upon leaving him: “Trustworthy, courageous, that is my president.”
Gutiérrez Müller and President López Obrador entered collectively the place they marked the ballots, however the one who took essentially the most time was the president.
Solely Cepropie had entry to the president’s vote; Nevertheless, the cameras remained very near the federal president that the choice he issued might be appreciated as a result of he left the desk with out folding the ballots, to find the place they need to be deposited and never make a mistake.
Whereas ready for the historian Gutiérrez Müller to depart, he additionally greeted those that have been ready to enter to vote and those that have been allowed to be behind the navy wearing civilian garments. A toddler tried to present him a stuffed “amito” and the president averted receiving it: “They will brush me” and pointed in the direction of the media cameras. In return he blew her a kiss, which was responded with one other.
She left together with her voter ID card in her hand, which she stored raised nearly the complete manner till she returned to Moneda 1. She didn’t give any additional statements and when she requested him “Who did you vote for?”, the historian responded “Silence, the vote is secret.” .
Final week he assured that he’ll stay within the Nationwide Palace attentive to the progress of the election day and that he wouldn’t give any message till the electoral authority pronounces on the outcomes; Additionally, he recalled that the counting course of lasts just a few extra days.
Nonetheless within the 2021 election, within the midst of the pandemic for which it was additionally one of many few instances that he needed to placed on a face masks, the president got here out after his vote and launched a “lengthy dwell democracy.” This time he remained silent. “A message to the inhabitants,” he insisted and his response, once more, was: “Braveness.”
