The loss of prestige that is important to be supported by parties that have very little to do on the national scene, far from being a strength that the anointed can exploit, will be a burden and a bitter pill that it will not be able to reject. Both political options will make it more expensive to be consistent with leading the collective effort of the opposition, despite the fact that, before her, they only had more of the same. Yes, his defeat was certain.
The old political system is dying, but it still has the strength to make the woman from Hidalgo believe that the territorial structure will be a decisive factor in the electoral process. In reality, the challenge is to bring down abstentionism, that in which people live who, for very different reasons, have distanced themselves from that low passion known as politics. That sector of the population wants nothing to know about the parties that, simply and accidentally, ran into a profile, in whose formation they had nothing to do, but if these obsolete parties are good at anything, it is selling little mirrors.
The emotion in part, and the extreme need of the PAN to collect the supposed support, determined that she had to adopt a decision, apparently good in the short term, but that, with time, it will be evident that it is bad for the medium and the long term. Although Creel excites the very limited hard militancy of the albiceleste, she has plenty of things saved in the closet, which will make it clear that she is more ballast than support. The coordination should have been for second place.
The pre-candidate knows that there is no bronze medal in this race, so Creel’s position was worth nothing, and even less, when September 3 arrived, however, she also knows that this is not the time for clarity, much less to put each one in his place. Whether it is cunning, malice or craft does not matter, it will have to shelter and even shelter, the ambitions that led those who presented themselves to the process as contenders, yes, those who cynically, and without sufficient merits, aspired to a position that, realistically, they were never within their reach.
PAN and PRI have secured their presence in the legislature, but it will already be seen in the campaign that the darts that will direct the candidate have more to do with the burned cartridges that they sold her as experts in public administration, than with the trifles that the government foists on her. tabasqueño Over time, Xóchitl will learn not to sweat other people’s fevers, as well as not to pay for dishes that she did not break, nor were they broken in her name. She will have to keep a cordial distance from the nondescript, but very arrogant sighs, and with other remorse that, in the polls, would only have been pitiful. For everything there is a time and place, both are distant.
The profiles of the tricolor and albiceleste teams are abundant in experience, which can hardly be described as good. The situation of the PRD could not be more painful, which did not know how to appreciate that its candidates were, in the entities they governed, great disappointments. It would have been better not to give the pitiful spectacle.
If they win the election, each legislative and constitutional project will have to go through the costly customs of the traditional parties, which have mounted the macho idea that what they contribute is more than what they receive, although this is far from the reality. But it is an unavoidable cost.
Dante, without a doubt, invented and financed a party, it is his. It has been made very clear to those who stand out in the ranks of that currency. However, times did not suit. Alfaro is out, and Samuel, although he doesn’t know it, is too. In the north, Morena has not only faded, but has clearly left a trail of discontent that will take its toll next year. The Neoleonese governor will try to look good with everyone, but if he does not give color in good time he will look bad with everyone.
Delgado is betting that 7% of what he presumes will give to fund a parliamentary presence and continue to thrive with candidates that the people vote for, punishing the once dominant parties. But that market may disappear faster than expected, especially if Xóchitl can take the stone out of her shoe. The fact that Movimiento Ciudadano governs more Mexicans than other parties, was left in the middle with a single demarcation. The other will arrive sooner or later. Like foam it rose and like foam it will take level.
The great support that Marcelo claims to have is constituted and nurtured by two large segments, the first, is an important business block that buys it, selling it later to the middle class, but, unequivocally, as the friendly option of the party in power. The second is a morenista militancy, which sees in him one of those uncovered by the caudillo, many of whom are grateful because he distributed posts and knew how to share honey, the kind that power gives, however, if he dares to challenge his mentor, he will receive something more than friendly fire. From News Divine to Tláhuac, he will only be able to fight the Metrofinanciera scandal because it splashes others close to the presidential chair. By being left out he loses all attractiveness, and so it will be seen, his desires will have to be fulfilled with some position that gives him power, since Claudia is not expected to be magnanimous in victory.
Like Pedro Infante, Gálvez will have to put on the typical costume of the happy boy, who says yes to everyone, but doesn’t tell them when. careerism; opportunism; flattery, and the bearers of rattles will appear on the stage, national politics has evolved very little.
Mexican society, like the Titania in Shakespeare’s work, seems to have drank the magic potion, the question is whether the effect will have worn off by next year.
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Editor’s note: Gabriel Reyes is a former federal prosecutor. He was pro-secretary of the Banxico Government Board and the Foreign Exchange Commission, and a member of the boards of the National Banking and Securities Commission and the National Insurance and Bond Commission. The opinions published in this column correspond exclusively to the author.