President López Obrador said that there is coordination with the INE to give security to the candidates who require it
The number of candidates who receive federal protection against violence exceeded 500 less than two weeks after being the elections of June 2, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador reported.
The number of candidates who have protection is already going from 500, we will continue to do it, ”he explained on Tuesday.
“And there are also other services, the care of the parcel (of electoral tickets) by the National Guard, and other requests of the INE (National Electoral Institute) that are being fulfilled,” said the president.
The Mexican ruler did not specify at his morning conference who has requested this protection, but just a week ago the Army reported almost three thousand elements that then protected 465 candidates and four electoral officials, in addition to a deployment of almost five thousand agents for tasks for tasks of the elections.
The process adds 15 killed applicants recognized by the Government, but the Civic Data organization reported a total of 30 last week, while the consulting firm Dataint accounted for the homicide of 38 candidates and a total of 149 related to the elections, including advisors , current relatives and officials.
But López Obrador said that “so far things are going well.”
“And that is what we expect, that all people participate, that all citizens go out to vote and that, among all, let’s guarantee clean and free elections, that threats, purchase of vote and electoral fraud are in history, In the dump of history, ”he said.
The president also stated that on Monday there was a meeting of the Federal Security Cabinet with the IN’s counselors, which is an autonomous body, to “continue supporting so that full security, full freedom, before, during and after the electoral process of the June 2nd”.
“Yes there is good coordination with the INE for everything related to the protection of candidates, citizens. And it is through the INE that this plan is being carried out, ”said the president.
Security concerns grow less than two weeks that Mexico has the largest elections in its history, with 98 million voters called to renew more than 20 thousand positions, including the presidency, the 500 deputies, the 128 senators and nine governments state.
Source: lopezdoriga
