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Sheinbaum Says AMLO Has Been “Extremely Respectful” and Rejects Claims of a 4T Split Image: Diego Simón Sánchez/ EL UNIVERSAL
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Sheinbaum Says AMLO Has Been “Extremely Respectful” and Rejects Claims of a 4T Split

From El Universal · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum rejected claims of a division between her administration and former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
  • She said López Obrador has not directed her government and called the idea that he governs from behind her a sexist assumption.
  • Sheinbaum also denied an internal conflict in the Fourth Transformation movement amid criticism involving Sinaloa Governor Rubén Rocha Moya.

Claudia Sheinbaum rejected claims that her government is divided from that of former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, saying her predecessor has respected her decisions.

“President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has been extremely respectful of our government, extremely respectful. He has not sent any message saying, ‘Do this, do that,’” Sheinbaum said during her morning press conference on Wednesday, September 2.

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has been extremely respectful of our government, extremely respectful. He has not sent any message saying, ‘Do this, do that.’

— Claudia SheinbaumSheinbaum denied that López Obrador directs her administration.

She said social media discussions about rival groups of “Obradoristas” and “Claudistas” were “absolutely absurd.” Sheinbaum also called the belief that López Obrador governs from behind her a sexist idea, arguing that it suggests women cannot independently run a government.

There has not been a single call telling me, ‘Do this, do that.’

— Claudia SheinbaumSheinbaum said López Obrador had not personally instructed her on government decisions.

“There has not been a single call telling me, ‘Do this, do that,’” she said. “The idea that López Obrador is governing behind the president is a very sexist idea, really, that women have no possibility of developing a government or that nobody has the capacity except President López Obrador.”

Sheinbaum said López Obrador was finishing a second book during his retirement from public life and devoting himself to reflection and thought. She also rejected claims of an internal struggle within the Fourth Transformation movement following U.S. accusations involving Sinaloa Governor Rubén Rocha Moya and his decision to return to the governorship without consulting Morena or the federal government.

The idea that López Obrador is governing behind the president is a very sexist idea, really, that women have no possibility of developing a government or that nobody has the capacity except President López Obrador.

— Claudia SheinbaumSheinbaum criticized claims that her predecessor controls her administration.

“Now that what happened in Sinaloa happened, with Rocha and everything else, they have invented that there is an internal struggle,” Sheinbaum said. She argued that Morena candidates are chosen by the public through polls, not by the president or López Obrador. She called claims of a division “absolutely false” and said the opposition was trying to weaken the movement, but would fail.

Now that what happened in Sinaloa happened, with Rocha and everything else, they have invented that there is an internal struggle.

— Claudia SheinbaumSheinbaum rejected claims of an internal dispute within the governing movement.
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Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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