They demolish a statue of López Obrador 48 hours after inaugurating it

They demolish a statue of López Obrador 48 hours after inaugurating it

The figure was placed on December 29 by Mayor Roberto Téllez, of the ruling National Regeneration Movement (Brunette, center-left), amid strong criticism from the opposition and analysts who questioned the “personality cult” of the agent.

Téllez unveiled the statue two days after leaving power, after losing reelection last June to Marisol Arias, of the coalition made up of the Institutional Revolutionary parties (PRI, center), National Action (PAN, right) and the Democratic Revolution (FART, left).

Atlacomulco, in the State of Mexico, which surrounds the capital and to which much of the periphery of the city belongs, is the headquarters of a powerful political group that has dominated the national political scene for several decades and belongs to the opposition PRI. who ruled the country for almost eight decades since 1929.

The last exponent of this group was the now former president Enrique Peña Nieto (2012-2018), who handed over the reins of power to López Obrador.

The statue without arms or head, placed in the center of Atlacomulco, and which measures 1.80 meters, was made by artisans from Tlalpujahua, southern state of Michoacán, near Atlacomulco and cost 50,000 pesos (about 2,500 dollars).

The perpetrators of the vandalism were not identified, despite the fact that there are security cameras around the area, because little Before being demolished, the statue caused a short circuit in the lighting system, leaving the surveillance system inoperative.

López Obrador, whom many of his most staunch opponents compare him to the late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez or the cuban Fidel CastroHowever, he has said that in his will he has established his refusal to dedicate statues to him and his refusal to use his name to designate schools, hospitals or any type of public work.

Source From: Ambito

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