Ciudad Juarez.- Following the election results that did not favor the opposition parties in this border region and the federal legislation in this year’s electoral process, the municipal president of Chihuahua, Marco Bonilla Mendoza, considered that the opposition bloc has an opportunity to rebuild itself.
“Everyone in the alliance we hit rock bottom and when you hit rock bottom the house collapsed, and what you have to do is raise it up again, but when you raise something that collapsed you have the way to make it stronger and more beautiful. It is a great challenge, but also a great opportunity. That is why I believe that the role today is first of all unifying within the parties of the alliance and in each party and in that division that we currently have between political parties and society,” he said yesterday in an interview with El Diario during his visit to Ciudad Juárez.
The mayor of the state capital said that before suggesting his intention to compete for the PAN candidacy for governor in 2027, a unifying project in the state that motivates the militancy of that party is necessary.
“Understanding that being mayor of the capital puts you on the path to the candidacy for governor, however, the role must be unifying, motivating, and that helps us build a serious and responsible project to maintain good governments in Chihuahua,” he said.
“More than liking being (governor), it is a matter of social, historical and political responsibility. More than saying “I’m going,” I think that right now we have to do something, in our case, having experienced the result that we experienced in the last electoral process in Ciudad Juárez and in the country, it calls on the entire alliance to a great period of reflection,” added the PAN mayor.
He argued that the The opposition must identify the needs of the population and that should be the banner, “not jumping between objectives. The greatest need of the people is to have equal opportunities, to have a safe city, with good public services, to have good connectivity, streets without potholes, those are the main needs. When we as the opposition understand this, we will be that unifying factor and that will be when people will trust us again.”
Last Friday, Bonilla Mendoza was invited to the commemoration of the 214th anniversary of Mexico’s Cry of Independence at the United States Consulate General on this border. The event was headed by Ambassador Ken Salazar and Consul General Rafael Foley. The following day, he attended the Mexican party that the National Action Party (PAN) organized in the parking lot of the Municipal Executive Committee, at the intersection of 16 de Septiembre and 5 de Mayo avenues.
The capital’s mayor insisted that It is necessary to motivate the PAN militancy with a view to the 2027 electoral process.
“I think what has affected this alliance is that we as an opposition front have not been able to support and understand the needs of the people. So, what do we have to do? Connect with those needs, motivate our militants,” he said.
He said that the next federal administration should pay attention to the needs of the border population. “I hope that the great social debt that the governments have with Ciudad Juárez is repaid,” he said. “Resources are taken from Ciudad Juárez to subsidize Oaxaca, Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, resources that I and the people of Juárez say: ‘it’s fine, I’ll cooperate, but don’t be scumbags, don’t abandon me.’ We must help improve the infrastructure, the (international) crossings, because that means not only more income for Juárez, but for the country and the state,” he said.
Marco Bonilla obtained more than 250 thousand votes in the state capital on the electoral day of June 2, 45 thousand more votes than in his first term as mayor, and steamrolled the former PAN member nominated by Morena, Miguel La Torre, being the key to retaining the two federal districts and the five local ones, vital to not going backwards in the State Congress.
He assured that “There is PAN for a long time”referring to the upcoming electoral process in 2027. “I think that a much stronger PAN will emerge, and a federal process is never the same as a state process, they are different stories and the story of 2027 has not yet been told.”
In this year’s elections, he said, “we are not working for the cause of the people, trying to produce for Juárez, for Chihuahua and for the country. What is the cause of the people, what do the people deserve? They deserve good asphalt, good lighting, good security, good transportation and good working conditions. That is the importance, if Juárez is good, the entire state will be good.” (Pavel Juárez / El Diario)
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