Highlights: On June 2, 2024, 97 million Mexicans will vote to elect deputies, mayors, governors and their new president. This Sunday, April 7, the first presidential debate took place. Among the themes covered: health, education, violence against women, the fight against corruption particularly animated the candidates. Security, another major theme in Mexico, will be raised by the candidates during one of the next two debates which will take place before the elections. In Mexico, two women compete for the presidency: Claudia Sheinbam and Xóchitl Gálvez.

In Mexico, the presidential campaign is in full swing. On June 2, 2024, 97 million Mexicans will vote to elect deputies, mayors, governors and their new president. This Sunday, April 7 took place…

Presidential election in Mexico: corruption, major theme of the first televised debate of the campaign

In Mexico, the presidential campaign is in full swing. On June 2, 2024, 97 million Mexicans will vote to elect deputies, mayors, governors and their new president. This Sunday, April 7, the first presidential debate took place. Xóchitl Gálvez who represents the PRI-PRD-PAN coalition and Jorge Álvarez Máynez of the Citizen Movement faced Claudia Sheinbaum of the ruling Morena party. Among the themes covered: health, education, violence against women, the fight against corruption particularly animated the candidates.

The Mexican presidential candidates during the televised debate on April 7. Image provided by the National Electoral Institute. AFP - -

By: RFI Follow

With our correspondent in Mexico,

Gwendolina Duval

On numerous occasions, the three candidates took advantage of the time allocated to attack each other personally, brandishing as proof photos and statistics on cardboard posters: “

For this, I say that the campaigns are financed with illegal money, and unfortunately it is the

Mexicans
who pay

,” says Jorge Álvarez Máynez.

Or even Xóchitl Gálvez, the main opponent who remained faithful to her strategy of attacking the current administration to attack her main rival: “

Claudia, Corruption has never been as important as it is today. Your program is a program of corruption

.”

“

Absolute transparency
”

Claudia Sheinbam, favorite in the polls, highlighted her record as former mayor of the Mexican capital. She also defended her intention to continue in line with the government of Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador: “

During my mandate in Mexico City, there was absolute transparency, without that we would not have received almost ten awards. Today we have an honest president, you will never be able to say the same thing about the former PRI and PAN that the candidate represents

.”

Security, another major theme in Mexico, will be raised by the candidates during one of the next two debates which will take place before the elections.

Presidential election in Mexico: corruption, major theme of the first televised debate of the campaign

Presidential election in Mexico: corruption, major theme of the first televised debate of the campaign

“

Absolute transparency
”

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