Opposition lawmaker Jorge Álvarez Máynez registers as presidential candidate in Mexico

Jorge Álvarez Máynezdeputy for the minority party Citizen movementsigned up this Thursday as a presidential candidate in Mexico for the June 2 elections, which completes the list of three candidates.

The 38-year-old licensed legislator formalized his candidacy before the National Electoral Institutelocated in the south of Mexico City.

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In a speech to supporters, the politician attacked his two opponents, the party in power Claudia Sheinbaumformer mayor of the capital and with a wide advantage in the polls, and Xochitl Gálveza senator running for an opposition front.

“If the law were applied in this country, if there were legality, the two candidates of the old politics would not have the right to be on the presidential ballot“, he said Jorge Álvarez Máynez.

Sheinbaum, 61, registered last Sunday and Gálvez, also 61, last Tuesday.

Citizen movementcenter-left party that governs two prosperous states in the country, presented the name of the governor of Nuevo León to the legislature, Samuel Garciaabandoned his presidential aspiration.

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However, according to consolidated company research Oracle, Álvarez Máynez, the youngest in the race, starts with a distant 5% of voting intentions, compared to 64% for Sheinbaum and 31% for Gálvez. “In 90 days we will change this”, he guaranteed.

The campaign towards the general elections in Mexico starts March 1st. The bicameral Congress will also be renewed, governors and around 20,000 state and municipal positions will be elected.

Sheinbaum will kick off his campaign with a rally in Mexico CityGálvez in the state of Guanajuato (center) and Álvarez Máynez in Sound (northwest).

Source: Elcomercio

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