Mexico City, Oct 1 (EFE).- Claudia Sheinbaum took office this Tuesday as the first female president of Mexico for the six-year term from 2024 to 2030 in a ceremony in the Chamber of Deputies attended by almost twenty international leaders and hundreds of representatives of countries and multilateral organizations.
«Honorable Congress of the Union, people of Mexico, I protest to uphold and ensure that the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States and the laws that emanate from it are upheld, and to loyally and patriotically carry out the position of president of the republic that the people have conferred on me. », declared Sheinbaum.
The outgoing president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (2018-2024), handed the presidential sash to the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Ifigenia Martínez, who placed the tricolor garment on Sheinbaum, the first woman to govern the country after more than 200 years. years of being a republic.
Sheinbaum took office amid shouts of “president, president” and “it’s an honor to be with Claudia today!”, as an echo of “it’s an honor to be with Obrador!”
After the session in Congress, Sheinbaum will go to the National Palace, where he will eat with the invited leaders, among whom are the presidents of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva; from Chile, Gabriel Boric; from Colombia, Gustavo Petro; from Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, and from Honduras, Xiomara Castro.
Personalities such as the first lady of the United States, Jill Biden, and the high representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, will also attend.
At 5:00 p.m. (23:00 GMT), Sheinbaum will receive the baton of command from the indigenous peoples in the Zócalo of Mexico City, the largest public square in the country, where the president will have her first massive event as head of state. and will offer a speech.
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2024-10-03 09:38:33
