President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) launched a virulent criticism of the Conference of Mexican episcopate (EMC) for his statement on the controversy Electoral Reform Plan B.
From the Mexican Episcopate’s contempt for Plan B to support for Felipe Calderón, the morning summary
The President of Mexico held his morning press conference from the National Palace
During his traditional morning conference, the Mexican chief executive discredited the organization of the Catholic Church after being asked about the video she shared on February 18 in which he spoke worry by the secondary reform initiative.
It is thanks to a video of Youtube that he Monsignor Ramon Castro Castro, Secretary General of the CEM, underlined concerns that the bishops of Mexico demonstrated for the alleged irregularities in the legislative process and “the content of the modification of various electoral laws”.
This is how the president of Tabasco turned his back on the CEM after declaring that the only reference for the self-proclaimed movement of the Fourth Transformation (4T) having sufficient legitimacy on the part of the Catholic Church is the Papa Francisco.
Plan B: AMLO electoral reform will advance in the Senate, but “eternal life” divides Congress
The eternal life clause was condemned by the parliamentary opposition; however, the rest of the advice will be discussed and voted on in the Senate next week.
“When people talk about the Church supporting a conservative bloc in Mexico, I say, ‘No. It has nothing to do with Pope Francis,” he said from the lectern of the National Palace, but not before ensuring respect for all religious beliefs.
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