The 100 days of López Obrador

Radio France International News from America

March 11, 2019

Andrés Manuel López Obrador celebrates 100 days as President of Mexico. A hundred days that allowed him to print a new style of government: he manages everything, every morning he communicates with journalists, and for his traveling presidency, he travels constantly, by car or plane, to launch new programs and be in contact with the village.

Patrick John Buffe, our correspondent in Mexico.

Without ceasefire, stressful and sometimes improvised, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, nicknamed AMLO worldwide, has just celebrated a hundred days under the presidency and enjoys a great popularity.

Even its level of acceptance has even increased over the past three months to reach nearly 80%. What allows it to be more than optimistic: "We are doing very well, as shown by the polls where we rely on the support of the population.This is very important because we want democracy and it means a government the people, for the people and the people, "said the president.

Of course, during those 100 days, there were achievements, mistakes and mistakes that both badyzed in different ways. For César Augusto Santiago, a senior PRI official, a party he resigned last January to launch a social-democratic political movement, in "100 days of President López Obrador, the record is positive. The fact that the president has moved the decadent political system into force is a success that must recognize the country and its history.The Mexican political establishment had reached unsustainable levels and its renovation was necessary because it left behind ".

César Augusto believes that the question of security raises more questions than achievements: "They focused on the constitution of the National Guard which deserves a separate discussion and the question of security remains the same. There has not been much progress, but we must recognize the problem of fuel theft if it has been treated with relative success, "he said.

For her part, Edna Jaime, who heads the Mexico Evalua organization, presents a balance with chiaroscuro: "There is a rush, an ambition, a project of reconcentration of power that worries certain segments of Mexican society. do not want to go back to the Mexican hyper-presidentialism, we would like to see the Mexican democracy strengthened.In some aspects, the campaign promise is perfectly harmonized with what it does as a government, on others, it exists a vacuum, especially in the area of ​​security, I think for a hundred days, setting the tone for the president's direction, "says the badyst.

The truth is that Mexicans will have understood that López Obrador imposes a strong presidentialism. César Augusto, former PRIIST, said: "He has an absolute majority in the cameras, many local congresses belong to his party MORENA and he has a very important level of acceptance. "impose his style and propose his reforms, because that's why people vote for a change of regime," said the political leader.

After those hundred days, where will Lopez Obrador's management go? For Edna Jaime, this will depend very much on the president's way of acting: "It will be a dialectical game between the will of the president and the realities and complexities of this country.If you can understand them, if you leave the dogmas and you present as a pragmatic politician who really wants the fourth transformation, we will see important things for Mexico.It's clinging to power, if he wants to support his party, turn his party into a party hegemonic, so I think we'll go backwards, "concludes Jaime.

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