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Last Thursday, September 1, in a very optimistic tone and showing improvement figures, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) offered his fourth Government Report 2022 to present the results and progress of his administration. In his speech, the head of the Mexican Executive maintained that, despite the adversities, his government is “getting ahead, as the results show” and assured that it has already fulfilled “almost all” the promises of campaign he did in 2018.
In his management report, the president acknowledged that, although Mexico’s economy had fallen, the levels prior to the Covid-19 pandemic have already been reached and, according to economic indicators, inequality and poverty have been reduced.
AMLO highlighted in his report what is related to public security and protection, stating that during his administration “the State ceased to be the main violator of human rights” and that “criminal incidence” is being reduced. But according to recent data from El Economista, 50% of citizens consider that security has worsened.
In his Fourth Government Report, the Mexican president reported on the transfer of the National Guard, created as a force under civilian command, to the Secretary of National Defense (Sedena), which if materialized would represent a drastic change in the position that For years the ruler defended that the military should return to the barracks.
What is the balance of these four years of AMLO’s government? How does Mexican society perceive it? What advances and setbacks have been significant during your administration? In this edition of El Debate we make an x-ray of what has been these four years of government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador in Mexico, for this we talk with our guests:
– Carol Arriaga, national secretary of Morena Mujeres.
– Héctor Saúl Téllez, PAN federal deputy for Mexico City and secretary of the Budget and Public Accounts Commission of the Chamber of Deputies.
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