Morena’s coordinator in the Chamber of Deputies, Ignacio Mier Velazcorevealed that Morena lawmakers will pay out of pocket to transfer people to the rally that Andrés Manuel López Obrador will lead next Saturday March 18 in the Zócalo of Mexico City.
At a press conference, the also chairman of the Political Coordinating Council (Jucopo) in San Lázaro announced that the Morenista deputies will be at the event called by the Federal President, and not only that, but that they will allocate part of their food to cover the travel expenses of several people from the entities of the republic that represent .
“I am aware, as several Members have told me, that they will allocate part of their diet able to be present and with them some of the comrades who also want to come and who jointly support his transfer deputies,” said Mier, accompanied by the Secretary of the Interior (Segob), Adam Augusto Lopez.
And it is that, for the leader of Morena in the Lower House, attending the congregation is essential for the militants of his party, since the oil expropriation is “an important part of his movement”.
“Celebrating the Saturday march has to do with the essence of our movement, with the living expression of our movement, and not to do so would be an omission from our rituals that gave rise to it,” the lawmaker said. , who also aspires to be the next governor of Puebla.
The event will take place on the Esplanade de la Constitution on March 18 and was convened by the head of the federal executive on the occasion of the commemoration of the oil expropriation carried out in 1938, and in defense of the “energy sovereignty” from the country. Likewise, it is the response of the ruling party to the opposition congregation of the Zócalo on February 26 in “defense of the INE”.
For his part, Adán Augusto expressed during the conference that it is not a “act of indoctrination“, but of a “civic act” and “one of the most significant moments in national history and that is what we Mexicans are going to celebrate at the Zócalo, at 5 p.m. “, did he declare.
In the meantime, President López Obrador extended the invitation again during the “morning” of this Monday, March 14. “We will gather at the Zócalo. I ask everyone to participate. We must reaffirm our independence, our sovereignty, to remember this historic decision by General Cárdenas to recover the oil,” said the president, who even invited “his adversaries” to join.
Likewise, the national leader of Morena, Mario Delgado Carrillo, began a tour of the 16 town halls of Mexico City to invite citizens to join the event. Even since last Sunday, he has been seen distributing flyers in the Plaza de Coyoacán and in the Alameda Central.
“We have decided to take to the streets inviting all the people to accompany our president next Sunday, March 18 (…) There is cause for celebration, starting with the fact that today we have a well-dressed government that defends sovereignty in all its aspects, including, of course, energy,” said the head of Morena.
“We have many reasons to have a great party and without a doubt a good reason is that it is strengthen the energy sovereignty of our countrythat we stop depending on foreigners,” said Delgado Carrillo.
According to what was revealed by Andrés Manuel, the event will have live musical performances, because “it will be a party, because we have saved Pemex and the Federal Electricity Commission”.