Delegates at the National Democratic Convention (CND) have formally declared Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) as Mexico’s “legitimate president” which he is formally set to take office on November 20 at 3 p.m. at Constitution Square in Mexico City.
The delegates at CND also authorize López Obrador to appoint members to his cabinet, he is also authorized to select where the new capital in will be set up in Mexico and right to act as Mexico’s official and legitimate president. The new government will observe the framework of a democratic republic, whereby the President of Mexico is both head of state and head of government. As President of the new government, he has the right to collect taxes.
The new government will denounce Felipe Calderón as Mexico’s official president and all of his appointed cabinet members and all executive orders of his office.
They additionally decided to publicly reject the current standing Republic and condemn the corruption and privileges of the current regime.
There are no official numbers, La Jornada puts the number at 1,025,724 delegates and El Universal puts the number even at 1,200,000. However, our media has tried to downplay the number. The New York Times puts the number at 150,000.