Claudia Sheinbaum, the first president of Mexico, is grateful for her historic triumph: ‘I didn’t arrive alone, we all arrived’

These were Sheinbaum’s first statements after the INE quick count, which officially estimates a range of between 58.3% and 60.7% of the votes for the ruling party, above the 26.6% to 28.6 % of her closest rival, the opposition Xóchitl Gálvez, and 9.9% to 10.8% of Jorge Álvarez Máynez.

“I want to thank the millions of Mexicans who decided to vote. That recognition of the people of Mexico to our history, to the results, to the conviction and will, but above all that recognition of the people of Mexico to the nation project”, Thus he began his speech amidst applause and with notable joy.
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​One of the moments that resonated most in her message is reiterating that if she wins it is not only for her, but also for All the women.

“For the first time in 200 years of the republic, I will become the first woman president and as I have said, we all arrivedwith our heroines, with our ancestors, mothers, daughters and granddaughters,” she explained.​

Likewise, he promised a government without corruption, with financial and fiscal discipline and with the vision of respecting diversity.
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​”We ​​will respect political, religious, gender and sexual diversity, we will continue to fight against cany form of discrimination.”
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He also promised to “guarantee freedoms of expression, press, assembly, concentration and mobilization.”

“We are democrats and by conviction we would never have an authoritarian or repressive government. We will also respect political, social, cultural and religious diversity, gender and sexual diversity,” he stated.

In addition, he committed to an “honest government, without influence, without corruption, or impunity, it will be a government with republican austerity, financial and fiscal discipline, and autonomy of the Bank of Mexico.”

VANESSA PEREZ