Politics: Dueling marches mark a new unofficial start to the 2024 presidential contest

MEXICO - Report 05 Dec 2022 by Guillermo Valdes and Francisco González

President López Obrador’s mass march in Mexico City November 27 was ostensibly to celebrate his fourth year in government and to help in gauge whether "the people are happy" with his supposedly transformative governing project. In reality, it was his response to the November 13 citizens' march in defense of democracy and the INE, for which turnout exceeded all expectations.

AMLO’s march was also a major success in terms of turnout, fueled by his charisma and enduring popularity, but more troublingly by a massive abuse of public resources for partisan purposes. These and other demagogic components are a manifestation of the Morena government’s determination to remain in power at any cost and that the president will further polarize the country, a process increasingly magnified by the administration’s rising radicalization.

In some ways, the march marked the informal launch of the contest for the presidency of the republic. It set the stage for a very confrontational final two years of the current administration and an electoral process that will undoubtedly be marred by irregularities and denunciations, with the final outcome likely to be challenged.

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