Organized crime could affect the elections: CNL observatory

The active participation of organized crime agents in the upcoming elections on June 2 has a high probability of occurring in Mexico, with the aim of influencing the results of the presidential election, as has already happened in a multitude of municipalities and governorships, it points out. the last document published by the Catholic Citizenship and Social Analysis Observatory.

The work disseminated by National Council of the Laity (CNL) is titled “Organized crime and electoral politics.” It establishes that “criminal organizations are in a position and condition to be able to affect the entire region.” About Sureste of the Mexican Republic.”

Presidential election in Mexico, undefined

The document adds that “according to various studies, the presidential election 2024 It is not decided in favor of the ruling party, as a multitude of poorly credible surveys (most of them biased and well-paid) claim. The reality is much more complex and, at this moment, a month and a half before the election, a victory for the opposition cannot be ruled out.”

“The serious thing, for President López Obrador and his party, is that they have lost the middle class in almost the entire country, and that the ruling party’s candidate is at an electoral disadvantage in all the big cities, where it is highly probable that MORENA will lose. , if citizen participation is greater than 65 percent of the Nominal List.”

“It is very possible that Mexico will experience an unprecedented, violent and difficult electoral process. However, there is no force or obstacle that can overcome determined citizen participation, such that the more abundant and massive the participation, the greater security there will be on election day,” the document states.

Catholic Observatory

The aforementioned observatory offers weekly downloadable texts “with objective (verifiable) data on aspects of the social, political, economic and cultural reality of Mexico, to promote correct ethical discernment and a position committed to the common good.”

He National Council of the Laity It is canonically constituted as a Private Association of Lay Faithful that, on its own initiative, was formed in Mexico City in 2002, “to promote animation towards the social commitment of baptized Catholics and professionals of good will, who are not congregated in parishes, lay movements and institutes, in order to address the challenges of the modern social issue in the country and contribute to realizing the national common good.”

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