These last rest weeks for most of the mexicans did not mean a stop for him electoral processat the state level it meant the beginning of Campaign of the various local candidates and two weeks of intense work for the federal ones already underway.
As expected, they were not without controversy. In chronological order, the candidate's attendance MC, Jorge Alvarez Maynezto the Pal Norte festival accompanied by the Governor of Nuevo León and his wife Mariana Rodriguez – now a candidate for mayor of Monterrey – in a Cybertruck of tesla, car with an approximate value of two million pesos.
¿Controversy? At the end of the day I think not, they took advantage of the media space that this type of event offers and by attending they carried out a “passive” campaign, they appear in the photo and are talked about; The criticism arises because the server and the candidates were questioned about the origin of said truck, for which they did not give a clear answer.
However, what was really questionable was the position of Samuel Garcia according to the candidacy of his wife: His work schedule as governor – he declared – is from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., after that he would focus on his spouse's electoral race. Does the governor's work end at that time? Obviously not, any guy with half a brain knows it, the responsibility he is in charge of lasts beyond his legal work schedule, the meme would say: Don't you know how to work? But hey, at least he stood up to his mother's criticism, like a good unweaned thirty-year-old Mexican.
Subsequently, criticism on social networks arose from the video of Juan Pablo Sánchez, son of Xochitl Galvez, offending bartenders at a club in Mexico City while clearly intoxicated. The comments, mainly on . Wow, we all have an opinion about it, even Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller.
Is the leak of the video just days before the first presidential debate circumstantial? I don't believe it, even the “journalist” who revealed the video announced that he had in his hands “very important material that could change the course of this election forever,” insinuating that his integrity was at risk. I don't question his motivations; Juan Pablo at the end of the day, by his own will or due to his environment, is a public figure, simply curious times.
As I published in X, I do not overlap, justify or minimize the acts of Juan Pablo; Without being directly offended, I accept his apology and I hope – because I do not know him personally – that it was an isolated incident. Let's see, we cannot accept classist or arrogant statements from anyone, but criticizing the drunken state of a young man in his twenties seems, at best, hypocritical to me. The Nazarene said well two thousand years ago: “He who is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone.” Therefore, I cannot criticize him for it – nor, I believe, could most young people or those who have lived through that stage of life.
What I am not going to let go is the comparison that was made to this event with the criticisms made of the president's children – I am referring to the adult children, obviously. There is no point of comparison, the main scandal of the son of a presidential candidate is his “inappropriate state” and offensive comments; On the other hand, López Obrador's children are accused of alleged acts of corruption, influence peddling, etc. Let's not fall into comparisons of pears with apples.
At the end of the day, as in everything, we must stay with the lessons learned and what can be salvaged from each situation:
I believe that Juan Pablo learned and assumes the consequences of his actions personally, at the end of the day he is an adult who should be responsible for his mistakes. He resigned from the position he held as youth coordinator in his mother's candidacy.
For young people – and even for those not so young – it leaves us with a lesson that is foreign to us.
A truce between the main candidates, as stated by both, will leave aside personal scandals and focus on campaign proposals. Let's hope it's true.
Finally, it is important to mention the first presidential debate this Sunday. I hope – this is my little letter to Santa Claus in advance – a debate where the proposal of each of the candidates is really presented, where solid arguments and conflicting positions are presented that allow the electorate to contrast the three – which with real possibilities at the moment are only two – government models that we have as options to decide.
Incredible that, for my taste, the only presidential debate that has been worthwhile is that of the 1994 election between Zedillo, Fernández de Cevallos and Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, which I had to see as a piece of historical archive – I take this opportunity to recommend, instead of series or movies, that those who have not had the opportunity to see do so, is available on YouTube and, if you had to see it live and direct thirty years ago, it is still worth reliving it.
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