Washington.- One of the candidates for the governorship of the state of Nuevo León (Mexico), Adrián de la Garza, filed a complaint on Wednesday against the Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, before the Organization of American States (OAS) for “intervening in the elections” of that territory. De la Garza, candidate of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), expressed concerns to the president of the OAS, Luis Almagro, during a meeting in Washington, after the Attorney General’s Office of the Republic (FGR) of Mexico announced this Monday that he investigates the politician for alleged electoral crimes.
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What has been going on in recent times violates the fundamental letters of inter-American democracy, which have always been respected. (…) We will continue to fight for democracy, not only in Nuevo León, but throughout Mexico,” De la Garza said at the end of the meeting through his Facebook page.Read more: Wife of AMLO, Beatriz Gutiérrez Muller receives vaccine against Covid-19The candidate criticized that López Obrador has tried to meddle in state elections after the FGR, through the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office on Electoral Crimes (FEDE) , indicated that an investigation folder for electoral offences has been opened, which could lead to pre-trial detention.
Specifically, the FEDE explained that it initiated the investigations against De la Garza and another candidate, Samuel García, candidate of the Citizen Movement (MC) party, for requesting the region’s female vote in his favor “in exchange for the delivery of a so-called ‘pink card’, which allows money -1,500 pesos, about $75- once that candidate wins the election for governor.
This means the purchase and coercion of the vote, according to the judicial body, which investigates both pointers in state surveys.
The institution said it has received a number of complaints, the last of which came from the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of the Ministry of Finance, against those reported “for allegedly criminal acts”. The investigators further noted that these offences are recorded in article 15 of the General Law on Electoral Crimes, which refers to contributions in money or in kind, as well as funds or goods of illicit origin, used, illegally, for electoral purposes. On Wednesday, López Obrador called for the report of all attempts to buy votes “whether they are party” after it transcended that candidates from his party offer support for the promotion of the vote. Read more: Paolo Botti invites Laura Bozzo to lead the DIF in case of winning election in VeracruzTras the start of the skies to De la Garza and García, several media published on Wednesday that Morena’s candidate in Nuevo León, Clara Luz Flores, and other contenders of the match, have also promised cards with financial supports if they win the elections.
