A followup to my previous post.
First; there is
an article up on the
La Crónica de Hoy web site that gives a much more complete recounting of the Cuauhtemoc Cardenas interview.
In the article, Cardenas specifically prefaces his statement about "activities which in some form prejudice or deteriorate the current presence of the Party of the Democratic Revolution in many sectors of society" with his allusion to the Head of Government of the Federal District (Encinas) as "heading" these activities. So he pointedly criticizes Encinas.
And then there is the following exchange in the interview:
Q: Do you believe the actions of Lopez Obrador are putting the stability of Mexico in danger?
A: I believe that the country and the Mexican people are very mature and there is nothing which puts at risk either the stability or governability of the nation.
Q: Are you making any call to the For the Good of All coalition?
A: No. It corresponds with everyone so that we give our effort, our contribution so that the country develops itself in a climate of fruitful coexistence so that we can rise above the problems which the diverse sectors of Mexican society are confronting today.
Later on in the interview Cardenas points out that Lopez Obrador has called his "convention" for a national holiday -- Independence Day -- and deals with the fact that the Mexican armed forces normally get to participate in this celebration, and I'm guessing he means they usually get to participate in the Zocalo capital plaza where AMLO plans to hold his convention.:
In spite of the warnings of the candidate of the For the Good of All coalition of maintaining the blockade in the Zocalo capital plaza, the Paseo de la Reforma, Juarez and Madero Avenues, Cardenas Solorzano was confident that Mexicans "are going to have the national ceremonies they usually have and that the Armed Forces are going to participate in them."
I knew this was a national holiday and that Lopez Obrador was probably trying to "pad his numbers" by scheduling his "convention" for a day when so many would be off work and coming to the capital, but it never occurred to me that he might be disrupting an honored tradition to which the Mexican armed forces look forward to every year. That could be a big mistake. And you will notice that right after the text of the Cardenas interview on the web page there is a short didaction of an article in which AMLO "says he respects the Army." That's not a coincidence I think. And then of course, there is a final snippet in which AMLO once again loses his sanity and says that the effort to defraud him of his election victory is a conspiracy "bigger than Watergate." LOL!