First Sexennial Day

First Sexennial Day

By: Erreh Svaia

Caprine Dispersion

I remember when many spoke of the "presidential tone" that they saw in Trump at the end of his campaign and that they also assured was a sign that his attitude would moderate once elected, for those of us who saw the current president of Mexico, Andrés López in the campaign and during the weekend, we have witnessed that far from becoming a pragmatic and conciliatory politician, we have found the equivalent to the audio book of his publication entitled The Exit, in which we find a proposal of a statist nature, in which, as expected, it is the statement that the State will be the main actor of the next sexennium, we see a politician who lacks the pragmatism that many sought to assign him and that in reality, has nothing of it, far from announcing himself as an official who would seek conciliation, we saw an official that like Trump, will continue in campaign and will continue with the fashion strategy within the populists, the polarizing, the "divide and conquer" , once again came to light the favorite "imaginary" enemy of the opposition populist actors of recent years, be it Trump, Le Pen, Erdogan, Maduro, etc., "neoliberalism" is the culprit of everything, this is still without defining or correctly identifying this "ghost", considering that Lopez still talks about free trade (he supported the signing of the new version of the NAFTA), they spoke of an austere government, and in addition they even touched on the issue of reducing taxes, in a few words, it seems that they really want to do what is supposed to be dictated by neoliberalism, and if they fail, they may be labeled by their successors as "neoliberalists", this is the play on words that López seems to use to get his followers into a trance.

It was announced what seemed obvious, a return to the times of the old "PRI System" in which all power is subordinated to the president, which is nothing healthy for the democratic and economic life of the country, although for the disciples of the economist Dani Rodrick, the only way out is to return to the past, the rebirth of that state religion known as the nationalism that for years has become a burden for the world, but that at the first opportunity and the first strong wobble of globalization, have exploited to seize power and establish their own protectionist version of the world today, the other great tragedy could be the emphasis on the use of the Armed Forces to establish a safer country, if for two sexennia was severely criticized the use of the army in labor security, now seems to become one of the axes of the new government, the brazen use of the army and its involvement in an almost ideological issue of control and shock in the life of the country ahead, a dangerous element if we consider that for decades the army has remained outside the political life of the country, and this has kept us away from events such as military dictatorships in Chile, Cuba, Brazil , Argentina or Venezuela.

The unfortunate spectacle of seeing the former president on the "bench of the defendants", purging a momentary sentence in exchange for his exoneration of any subsequent investigation, by Lopez, a congratulation to the administration of Peña that says "did not put his hands in the election" although it seems that he has forgotten the harassment on one of the candidates in particular, which was even accused of money laundering, but the reality is that in a scenario that seems to return to the so-called "Imperial Presidency", society and country are not the same of that era, to close the economy in the current global scenario would be a blatant suicide, even and that the promise has been to give priority to the paternalistic and welfare system, in an interconnected world in which the events in Spain, Ukraine or China affect us equally, the return to that idyllic past that López longs for is not possible, ruling against the markets is impossible, putting all the weight of industry back into the oil sector would be a serious mistake if we look at the case of countries like Venezuela, and the mere idea of ​​economic decision-making for political reasons will undoubtedly shake up foreign investment that will flee to other places that inspire more confidence, the place to accommodate the old "PRI System" no longer exists, and the return to Lopez's past implies a break with the passage of Mexico last six years, even that Lopez yearned for that "Imperial Presidency" a false step away from the huge number of promises and utopias held during his first day as president, will make you quickly reduce the power that also managed to concentrate in a fleeting manner, this is the new world, yesterday he was anti-system and today he is part of the mafia of power, a false step and that power can vanish, and the resistance is just beginning.