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Mexico's elected president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, promised an orderly transition on Tuesday when he will badume the presidency of Mexico, said he will invite Pope Francis to "achieve peace in the country "and announced a meeting in the coming days with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
" Today we are going to talk (with your collaborators) about the convening of religious leaders, the rights of the 39, man, of the UN, to begin this meeting between all for the purpose of achieving peace in Our country (…) We will invite Pope Francis, "he said at the meeting. A press conference after his meeting with incumbent President Enrique Peña Nieto
López Obrador also announced that he would meet the head of American diplomacy, Mike Pompeo. , who later confirmed the Mexican presidency by mentioning that the official will visit the country on July 13 to also meet Peña Nieto and the Mexican Chancellor Lui s Videgaray
López Obrador spoke Monday with US President Donald Trump in a speech that he said was "very" López Obrador "and" Peña Nieto "have spoken privately for more than 30 years. an hour at the National Palace, where, in a media uproar, the center-left politician offered a press conference in which the outgoing president was not present.
He said that c & # 39; was a "very good, friendly" meeting, in which different topics were discussed, from the need to maintain a stable economic environment until the renegotiation of the Free Trade Agreement with the United States is and Canada, going through the vital issue of security.
In his third consecutive attempt to reach the presidency presides López Obrador, 64, of the Morena party, triumphed in Sunday's general election with nearly 53% of the vote over 30 points above the second place, Ricardo Anaya of the Conservative Partido Conservative National Action (PAN)
López Obrador, who badumes the presidency on December 1 says that he will seek that there be an orderly and smooth transition, especially in the economic part.
"In this period, we must agree on many issues, including ensuring that the transition proceeds in an orderly manner, without shocks, He added that at the invitation of Peña Nieto he will attend the summit of the Pacific Alliance – the free trade group that makes up Mexico, Peru, Chile and Colombia – and that it will be the 24th and 25th of July in the seaside resort of Puerto Vallarta, in the state of Jalisco (West)
The President-elect stated that in the negotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA, in English), the Peña Nieto's negotiating team but his collaborators will join
On the construction of the new airport in the capital, which in the countryside he asked for Cancel saying that it was a "waste" He reiterated that the new gou This will respect the autonomy of the central bank and the free float regime of the exchange rate.
In a few days, López Obrador showed his peculiar way of doing politics, always followed by a media battalion that aboard motorcycles, and sometimes helicopters, follow his footsteps on one side from the megaurbe. "No apachurrar" (crush), he asks with a smile
He sparked a controversy for having rejected the guard of the presidential guards he usually moves in a compact car and allows people to the # 39; approach. The capital police barely managed to maintain order outside the National Palace in the Zócalo (central square).
As promised in the campaign, López Obrador said that he will not use the official plane, which will travel "and that he will not live in Los Pinos, the residence where the presidents have lived and rushed for decades. "
"The people, the people, will take care of me," he said. 2018-2024, López Obrador intends to save the campaign, review the millionaire contracts resulting from the energy reform and have "austere government, without luxury or privilege".
Source: AFP and EFE
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