Polls closed in Mexico, with López Obrador as favorite – 07/01/2018

Mexicans have already elected the next president. Now, it remains only to wait for the results of one day that could turn Mexico to the center-left amidst a popular satiety with traditional political parties that were unable to to contain corruption and violence in the country. 19659002] Regardless of who they voted for, many voters went to the polls with the hope of a change that would provide them with greater security, be more inclusive and reduce levels of violence.

"Mexico has been repeating mistakes for many years. Carlos Cueva, a dental surgeon from Guadalajara who voted in Mexico, chose to give his vote to center-left Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the election favorite.

The authorities have not reported any details. And, in several polling centers, long queues were able to pay in. After voting, the citizens left with their thumbs down, an indelible sign of their civic participation.

Ricardo Anaya also participated in elections which, according to several polls, come in second place and lead a singular coalition between the right-wing National Action Party (PAN) and its former rival, the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD). Antonio Meade, a politician without activism, who goes through the official Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), although according to several measures he was in the third place of preferences. And the independent Jaime Rodríguez was in fourth place.

"This country is very upset, we have to break the exercise of power … there is a lot of inequality, a lot of violence and this thing has to be changed," he said. . AP to a voting center, Hugo Carlos, 73.

A total of 89 million Mexicans have been called to the polls in the largest elections in the country's history, because in addition to the president the boss is elected from the government of the capital and eight governors, the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate are renewed and voted by thousands of local offices

More than 32,000 national and international observers are accredited They voted to monitor the vote

The favorite López Obrador, 64 years old and also known as AMLO, directs the coalition "Together we will make history" badured that his victory will mean a transformation as profound and radical as Independence or Revolution,

His rivals accused him of being a populist and want to return to a protectionist policy and big business mistrusts him.

Second – and according to the latest polls up to 20 points down – he is followed by the conservative Anaya of the alliance "Por México al Frente" and third by the pro-government Jose Antonio Meade.

But the mistrust of the people with the traditional parties is an important player in the elections. The presidency of the country has been in the hands of two parties: the PRI, which currently governs, and the PAN.

For López Obrador is the third attempt to reach the presidency – he sought the first magistracy in 2006 and 2012. Before competing for the PRD, left, although that's not the case. a few years ago resigned and formed a new political group: Morena

These words and his charisma have received a lot of support, but some of those who said that they would vote for him and encourage him at his meetings as Juan Carlos Enríquez A man 30 years old from the capital, they did not give him a blank check.

"Of course, I want him to win, but he must keep his promises … and not become one like any other," Enríquez said.

The ghost of fraud is also present in the minds of citizens and some politicians.

"I'm not going to vote for what?" Asked Marisa Lopez, a nurse at a pharmacy in Ecatepec, Mexico State, "To get bribed or to cancel your votes or lose them."

the National Electoral Institute says that it will not be possible, citizens still do not completely trust their institutions.

To avoid tightening the spirits, the National Electoral Institute has asked candidates and parties to act responsibly from the closure of the boxes scheduled at 18 hours (the 20 in Argentina) and not to decide on any victories up to To the first official results, around 11 pm (23 On the ideologies, the elections became a kind of popular referendum on the corruption of officials who diverted resources from the State and on violence, which maintains daily dribbling of the dead.

Violence is gone particularly disturbing in states like Tamaulipas (in the north) or Guerrero (in the south) and in those who vote for the governor (Jalisco, Guanajuato, Veracruz, Puebla, Morelos, Tabasco, Yucatan, Chiapas and the city).

Regions like the State of Mexico, a stronghold of the PRI and the country's most populous state with over 10 million voters, will play a key role in these votes

. The murder was highlighted for reasons still unknown by a state journalist from Quintana Roo who worked for several local media outlets.

Parallel consultants reported that 130 politicians, including 48 candidates, were killed during the election campaign that began in September of last year .

In addition, in the days leading up to the elections, several complaints of attempts to purchase and coercion to vote, as well as theft or fire tickets in some municipalities of the country.

Source: AP