The dark shadow of López Obrador in Puebla II
Diego Martin Velazquez Caballero
The local press has carried out interesting analyzes regarding the signs left by the visit of President López Obrador during the parade of last Cinco de Mayo. Despite how debatable the ideas of proximity and estrangement between Barbosa and AMLO sound, the truth is that there is little disposition of lopezobradorismo towards the entity. The type of relationship that prevails between Miguel Barbosa and the president of the republic means that the avilacamachista structures remain immovable.
Just as the social base of Gilberto Bosques Saldivar had to go into exile and suffer avilacamachismo, the Pueblan left -if such a complex tribalism can be called that- does not appear in the political spectrum of the entity. López Obrador maintains the Pact of Honor and Justice that continues to make Puebla an island of the old regime.
General Lázaro Cárdenas allowed the avilacamachista provost in the face of terrible impotence during the consolidation of the regime of the Mexican revolution, is the same thing happening now? It seems so because of all the phenomena that it reveals. The succession in Puebla continues to be the PRI of the DF against the local PRI, but always the PRI even if it is about to lose the record. The PRI cliques and cacicazgos enjoy full health in all the political parties and regions of the state. The progressive left of Morena is notable for its absence and those who usurp the label do not stop sabotaging and collapsing the policies of good government.
There are no elements to ensure which PRI faction benefits from AMLO's visit, but it is certain that Morena does not receive any encouragement, quite the contrary.
The shadow of López Obrador prolongs the conflicts that are not resolved with alternation and that the pandemic has deepened. The water crisis, insecurity, femicides, economic monopolies, injustice, chiefdoms, administrative incompetence and authoritarianism, are the daily pages of local politics and everything seems the ideal scenario for the succession to opt for the mayor of the capital. Order, even if it comes from the center.
The Fourth Transformation has no effect in Puebla, like Cardenism. Regional balances, now called feudalisms, may be necessary for national governability, but at the cost of great local suffering: ordinary citizens who find themselves in the crossfire of groups in conflict and orphans facing absolute impunity. Town of demons.