The dangerous maneuver of Aureoles

The dangerous maneuver of Aureoles

Several governors are wearing out their nails but not because they keep digging to find more funds. No, no, it's because they're anxiously biting them. They have a lot at stake this Sunday. Among them, is Silvano Aureoles , the Michoacán Governor, who has lit a candle in honor of St. Pepe Meade. As you might remember, Mr. Silvano was vocal about his support for José Antonio Meade and turned his back on the candidate of his own coalition, Ricardo Anaya, while also playing against Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) . So if his maneuver doesn't work as intended, he would become a governor facing an opposite regime. The worst news would be for all Michoacán inhabitants since the political bet of their governor could cause some distance between the state and the federal government at a time the state goes through a crisis of insecurity and violence the local government has been unable to solve – and in desperate need of the assistance of the Head of the Executive.

Violent 2018 election

And while we keep adding more bodies to the death toll, wounded, and death threats against politicians and candidates, the Commissioner of National Security, Renato Sales Heredia, has replied to the call of the Permanent Commission of the Congress, asking to strengthen the protection mechanisms to candidates and the general population. The letter of Mr. Renato states that presidential candidates were offered a security detail, which only the accepted José Antonio Meade , of the “All for Mexico” coalition. Of course, he explained that everything has been done jointly with local authorities. Then we wonder: why so many deaths during this campaign?

The snub of the Calderón-Zavala marriage to Anaya

We've been told that a few hours before the campaigns ended, former president Felipe Calderón – still a member of the conservative National Action Party (PAN) – directly participated in the campaigns and starred in three videos, backing three PAN candidates, for local and federal elections, in addition to his sister Luisa María Calderón, an independent candidate running for a place in the federal Congress as a deputy. We've been told that Calderón made public his support for Mauricio Vila, running for Yucatán Governor; Jorge Ramos, running for the Senate; and Cecilia Patrón, running for federal deputy. The former Head of State did the same thing his wife Margarita Zavala – former independent presidential candidate – did when she supported several PAN candidates on social networks...but there was no olive branch for the presidential candidate Ricardo Anaya .

Who will AMLO vote for?

Yesterday evening at the Azteca Stadium, during the closure of his campaign, presidential candidate of the left National Regeneration Party (MORENA) Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) revealed who he will be voting for next Sunday. Mr. Andrés said he would vote for activist Rosario Ibarra de Pedra, who has been an advocate of missing people cases. In the past presidential elections, six years ago, López Obrador announced he voted by the then dean of the National Autonomous University of México (UNAM), José Narro – who was until a few months ago an aspiring presidential candidate for the center-right Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Our sources say that beyond the symbolism, the candidate of the “Together We'll Make History” coalition is so certain he'll win next Sunday that he's even giving votes away for free.

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