The "yes" in favor of López Obrador triumphs with insufficient participation

• Referendum AMLO puts his position at stake in an unprecedented popular consultation

With a

, the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has obtained this Sunday an overwhelming

in the revocation consultation to

Between 90.3% and 91.9% of the voters who have gone to the polls have voted in favor of the president continuing in office for the remaining three years of his term, while between 6.4% and 7.8% have preferred the revocation, has informed the president counselor of the INE, Lorenzo Córdova, according to a first preliminary count.

Participation has been between 17% and 18.2% of the voters, a

according to the preliminary results of the INE.

The low turnout constitutes, according to some analysts,

and support for the opposition parties despite the fact that the president's party, the National Regeneration Movement (Morena), has celebrated.

López Obrador has been happy with the result of the consultation.

"Love is paid with love. I will never betray you, I will never betray the people of Mexico. I stay and we are going to continue with the transformation of our country," López Obrador assured in a message that he has shared on his networks. on the preliminary results presented by the National Electoral Institute (INE).

"Throughout the country, people looked for the voting booth and mobilized, as best they could, and went to fulfill the commitment to uphold democracy," he continued.

Mario Delgado, national leader of López Obrador's party, Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (Morena), has also been satisfied at a press conference and has even worn a T-shirt with the phrase "Have them so they can learn."

"The president was scratched," he has sentenced, referring to the fact that the president has achieved a better result than expected.

INE directors have considered that, being the first time that a consultation of this type is held, the participation was limited but not as much as could be expected, since in

The voting day has passed normally without major altercations and the INE has described the day as a success, since in a few hours practically 100% of the electoral boxes (tables) had been installed.

Lorenzo Córdova said after presenting the preliminary results: "I congratulate the citizens, the staff of @INEMexico and everyone who made an exemplary civic day possible. Once again our electoral system worked and served Mexico"

However, throughout the day several Morena politicians criticized the INE for

of those placed in previous elections or the shortage of ballots in some polling places.

In addition, the governors of the states of Morena signed a document in which they celebrated "the success of the event despite the fact that the INE did everything possible to prevent the participation of the people."

But morenista politicians have also been the subject of controversy, such as the national leader of López Obrador's party, Mario Delgado, who has published an image on social networks in which he appears next to a vehicle inviting voters to take it to vote.

More than 92.82 million Mexicans

over the age of 18 were called to the polls this Sunday.

The consultation to revoke the mandate, which the opposition parties have opposed, recommending not to participate in the vote, was considered valid or binding if 40% of the people registered on the nominal list of voters participated, that is, close to

The participation of less than 20% is below what López Obrador expected to give a new impetus to his political projects in the remainder of his term until 2024.

The question that appeared on the ballot was: "Do you agree that Andrés Manuel López Obrador, president of the United Mexican States, have his mandate revoked due to loss of confidence or continue in the Presidency of the Republic until the end of her period?".

And the two response options: "That the mandate be revoked due to loss of confidence" or "That he continue in the Presidency of the Republic."

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