Mass Turnout In Defense Of Mexico S Suffrage
Comment Tens of thousands of people filled the central boulevard of the Mexican capital on Sunday to protest President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s proposal to overhaul the country’s electoral authority in the biggest demonstration against one of the president’s efforts in nearly four years in office. of. The massive turnout was a strong rebuke of the president’s claim that criticism comes only from a relatively small, elite opposition. Opposition parties and civil society organizations had called on Mexicans to demonstrate in the capital and other cities against proposed electoral reforms that would recreate the National Electoral Institute, one of the country’s most trusted and trusted institutions....