Felipe Calderón made his State of the Union address yesterday, but at the National Palace instead of Congress because members of the PRD vowed not to let him. There were 3,800 invited members of the audience, and only two were from the PRD. There were also protesters outside, though certainly nothing compared to last year (I’ve seen estimates from “dozens” to 1,500).
I was reading about all this, and yet never saw a mention of AMLO, who was not involved in the protests, though members of the PRD in Congress are obviously acting in solidarity with him to protest last year’s election. I had to go to his website to discover that he was in Tlaxcala giving a speech, and his own press release didn’t even mention the PRD’s actions in Mexico City. Instead, he said that on November 20 he would come to Mexico City for an “informative assembly.” There is still a disconnect, but at this point I don’t know how serious it is, or how it will affect AMLO’s political future.
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