President López Obrador invited the media to the security meeting he holds every morning before his conference, the meeting where the country’s most important decisions are made.
By Arturo Contreras Camero / Footer
Mexico City – “We make decisions here,” said President López Obrador from the room where he chairs the security meeting every morning, the most important of his day. “Then, at 7 in the morning we go down to the Mañanera, now we decided to do the two meetings at the same time,” he said in front of the eyes and cameras of the press, who had never entered the president’s security meeting, where he reviews, in front of his cabinet, the most important events in the country.
The president sat at the head of a long oval table, filled with microphones and high chairs. The next few chairs were occupied by his cabinet, including his spokesperson, Jesús Ramírez Cuevas; the Secretary of the Interior, Luisa María Alcalde; the Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, Rosa Icela Rodríguez; the Secretary of Foreign Relations, Alicia Bárcena; and the Secretary of the Navy and Defense, and the Secretary of the Navy, José Rafael Ojeda Durán.
One by one, the heads of each department gave a report on the most relevant issues in the country, as if not behind them were all the journalists who routinely attend their daily conference. The cabinet meeting, which began, as always, at six in the morning, was also broadcast on López Obrador’s own YouTube channel, streamer in Spanish with the most views worldwide, thanks to its morning conference.
After the cabinet meeting, in which each of the heads of the departments reported on the most important events in each of their responsibilities, the president changed the logic of the meeting and began his conference as usual, although in a different space.
The OAS, the May and sovereignty
During the question and answer session, the president referred to the topic of Venezuela, about which the foreign minister, Alicia Bárcenas, had given a previous report in which she summarized the development of the international controversy over the elections in that country.
During the week, the OAS Council urged Maduro to acknowledge defeat at the polls, so they presented an initiative to call for new elections, which did not proceed. And just a day before, the US State Department reported that it supported the presidential claim of the Venezuelan right-wing candidate, Edmundo Gómez.
“We respectfully call on all governments to refrain from interventionism. No government is authorized, it is not legal, it is not legitimate, to issue a ruling declaring a candidate from another country the winner or the loser. What is that? There is no world government. That has nothing to do with democracy, nor with respect for the independence, freedom, and sovereignty of peoples.
The president continued his speech as usual, making jokes and allusions to popular culture, speaking out on issues of national importance with his political charm.
When questioned about the information released by the United States regarding the capture of Ismael, El Mayo, Zambada, López Obrador insisted that the United States must make everything transparent, not lie or point out by order and without presenting evidence, that no one is untouchable.
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