The Presidential Succession in Mexico
Diego Martin Velazquez Caballero
The presentation of the book "Four Bottle Caps and a Bottle Opener" (CEEPS), whose authors are Carlos Ramírez, Alejandro Ramos and Jesús Sánchez, took place on the island of the BUAP Bookstore of the CCU. The presentation was given by Dr. César Cansino and Dr. Humberto Morales, having as moderator Dr. Omar Gallardo.
The historian Humberto Morales pointed out the importance of analyzing the presidential succession of Mexico as a result of the events of the last century. He recommended the need to carry out studies of Networks and Prosopography of the political and economic elites to transcend the description of the power blocks and groups. The work in question was commented as one of the pioneering studies on the internal process of MORENA and highlighted the biography of the main candidates to lead the Committees for the Defense of the Fourth Transformation: Claudia Sheinbaum, Marcelo Ebrard, Ricardo Monreal and Adán Augusto López. He pointed out that Manuel Velasco and other options from the Morenista bloc should be taken into account to have an overview of the process. In analogy with other studies that observe the succession situation, he highlighted the archaeological analysis of covertism, dedazo and PRI culture of power that the text covers. The book will be indispensable in next year's political science and electoral analysis. In the absence of a Nationalist Bourgeoisie, the division of the economic elite predominates, however -says Humberto Morales- the most powerful economic coalition in the country is with AMLO and the traditional oligarchic groups, above all the business elites connected with the PAN right accompany to the Broad Front.
César Cansino reviewed the latest presidential successions, emphasizing that presidents have not been able to openly impose a person. That is, it is always necessary to negotiate with other factors of power. In the same way, he was deeply dismayed by the internal process of the FAM and pointed out that therein lies the old PRI regime due to the vulgar way in which the national leader of the PRI discriminated against a candidate like Beatriz Paredes. It will be the first time that the PRI does not have a candidate for the presidency of the republic. I consider the experience of the Ballotage in other Latin American nations important to counteract the caudillista abuse.
Carlos Ramírez made a broad review of the successions in Mexico until Salinismo and shared details of some occasions in which the president could not completely impose a good successor. He reflected on the permanence of Tapadism in the Mexican political system -at the national and local level- as well as the propaganda use of polls. He highlights the importance of Francisco I. Madero as well as José Revueltas in the configuration of his analytical perspective and that there is a profound absence of characters in the political contest who are firm believers and knowledgeable about the Rule of Law. The author expressed the importance of the constitutional order for democratic consolidation and the way in which this factor represents a debt in the process of Mexican political change. Carlos Ramírez stated that most of the political appointments have been disappointing, he shared countless anecdotes regarding how the presidents regretted the person named as successor. However, he considered that it is healthy that the country invents itself every six years and that this rule regulates authoritarian leadership in Mexico.
The text is available to readers at the BUAP Bookstore and in an electronic version. A work that is important in the final stretch of the six-year term.