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Xóchitl Gálvez: “We are gambling whether the following years will be one of oppression or freedom”

Xóchitl Gálvez's activate stage. The candidate of the coalition between PAN, PRI and PRD has offered the elections as a “fight for the soul of Mexico”: “We are gambling whether the following years will be one of oppression or freedom.” In a speech dotted with references to the homeland and Mexican historical past, Gálvez declared: “Mexican, Mexican, before a party we have a Republic. Before a party we have democracy and before a party we have Mexico. “Mexico comes first.”

The candidate of the Fuerza y ​​Corazón por México coalition has promised to “return to Mexico the place of greatness that it should have among free nations” or “defeat authoritarianism,” “death, lies and fear.” With a speech devoid of electoral proposals, however with the motto of “the battle to defend three fundamental values: life, truth and freedom.”

“I have traveled the country, I have felt the pain and hopelessness of the people, I have listened to and embraced Mexicans who have been mistreated in these dark and difficult years, women who demand equality without finding it, young people who need opportunities because they They deserve more, to people with disabilities who demand their just rights, to the teachers, doctors, nurses and caregivers, to whom we owe so much and have given so little, to the seeking mothers who cry out in the desert to find their missing daughters and sons, the workers, the professionals, the entrepreneurs who give a lot to Mexico but still receive little, the peasants, the farmers, cattle ranchers and fishermen who work today in the midst of abandonment, to the migrants, to the displaced who, due to lack of opportunities, leave everything and risk their lives, to the LGBTIQ+ community that demands attention and an end to discrimination, to the feminists who fight every day against patriarchy, to our journalists, activists, artists and scientists who are unjustly persecuted and threatened, to the indigenous and Afro-Mexican peoples who continue to wait for full recognition of their rights, to our police officers, our sailors and our soldiers who have not given due respect to their honor and their work,” he continued amid cries of “justice!” or “narco-president!” in reference to the present president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.