The Organizing Committee of the Broad Front for Mexico (FAM) made official this Thursday that Xóchitl Gálvez will become its only candidate to represent the opposition in the 2024 presidential election. For this reason, they reported that the Public consultation which was scheduled for Sunday September 3in which the coalition’s standard bearer would be elected, got canceled and it will no longer be carried out.
With this decision, the leaders of the BREAD, PRI and PRD agreed to perform adjustments to your calendar for the voting day that was scheduled for this weekend, since it is worth remembering that the participation of more than 2 million citizens who had already registered to contribute to the survey was projected.
Said consultation would be carried out in the 300 federal electoral districts of the country, with the installation of 2,500 participation tables, after the results of the second polls of the contest between Gálvez and Paredes. However, these plans have changed with the declines in favor of the PAN senator.
Activities planned for September 3
At a press conference, the FAM Organizing Committee announced that instead of the consultation, on Sunday he will be given a constancy Xóchitl Gálvez as coordinator of the Frente Amplio in a celebration scheduled at 10:30 a.m. in a place that is yet to be determined, which could be the Angel of Independence or the Monument to the Revolution.
Alejandra Latapia member of the Committee, announced that on September 3, it is also expected that the celebrations in the main public squares of the country starting at 10:30 a.m. for the appointment of the senator.
On the other hand, it was indicated that the materials that would be used for the consultation such as ballot boxes, indelible ink and the ballots with the names and faces of the candidates will be recycled or donated so that they do not represent a waste.
Marco Bathroomsalso a member of the Committee, clarified that this determination was motivated by the decline of Paredes in favor of Gálvez, and not by the logistical problems that the citizen consultation represented, as was speculated.
He added that in the coming days, the coalition will announce the bills that were carried out for this internal process.
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