The former undersecretary of Federal Public Security, Ricardo Mejía Berdejagave a press conference in saltillo where he warned that with his application and interest in the electoral process 2023, “Now there will be a close contest.”
The message was said after having resigned from the federal agency and announcing his candidacy as a candidate before the labor party to Governor of Coahuila.
During a press conference in front of the media in the Coahuila capital, Mejía Berdeja asserted that the movement that will lead in the electoral process towards the governorship, is a movement made up of various sectors of society that seeks to create an alternative of a civic nature, and among its members are members of various parties ranging from Brunette until the PRIand interested mainly in the project of the president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
“It is taking the leadership of a movement. This is going to be a change in the political dynamics of Coahuila, which is why they are so angry,” he said.
“This is the alternative of the Coahuilenses. As in any transition movement, there are people who see their interests and who have decided to distance themselves, and we respect that.”he expressed.
He stated that his candidacy is due to the demand of the people who have trusted him and his project, and that this does not imply that they go against the project of the 4T or Morena, who at some point raised López Obrador to the presidency, but asserts that with his nomination the contest will have contrasts.
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“This contest seemed flat, insipid, and there will be real and genuine competition where we do not want corruption and fraud to continue. Moreira. This is an alternative for Coahuilenses who no longer want the Moreirato”he commented.
noted that Armando Guadiana does not represent the 4T project regarding the eradication of corruptionsince he himself has been close to characters such as Alonso Ancira and even showed the photographs of Guadiana together with the Governor Miguel Riquelme and the candidate for PRI, Manolo Jimenezfor which he said that joining his project implies haggling for positions when in reality what he seeks to represent is a project with other ideas.
“What is the Guadiana project, I don’t see any project, no cause. There is a social claim that is what we are addressing. It’s not defender of the 4T, He is a defender of Ancira and of the contracts”, he expressed.
Before the media and part of his work team, he said that his candidacy will not generate a division between the electoral results that end up favoring the PRI-PAN-PRD alliancesince “what was never united will never be divided”.
“This is the alternative of the Coahuilenses. As in any transition movement, there are people who look out for their interests and who have decided to distance themselves, and we respect that,” he said.
“It is taking the leadership of a movement. This is going to be a change in the political dynamics of Coahuila, which is why they are so angry.”said.
He added that he respects that the President has recognized the survey method by which Guadiana was selected to represent Morena, but he also recalled that the president himself has represented electoral dissent, in addition to the fact that in his message he also stated that he is a free person .
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Regarding the indications of Luis Fernando Salazarwhere he expressed that he was a “traitor”, responded that the political career of each person will have to be reviewed, which in his case has been close to López Obrador since the nineties, in contrast to the history of “calderonist” and of links with Francisco Cabeza de Vaca de Salazar.
He indicated that they hope that in this electoral process, the bad electoral practices and lack of vigilance of the electoral bodies will continue, and pointed out that obviously there will be State operations in favor of Manolo Jimenez Salinas.
Secondly, Valeria FloresCommissioner of PT in Coahuilareported that the visit to Coahuila It is to endorse the support for Ricardo Mejía Berdeja and his project, which he asserts, they have accompanied for more than five months.
“This is a democratic project with real change and not sold”he stated.
