The immovable heir and her sacred bond
In a twist that no one, absolutely no one, saw coming, President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo has come forward to clarify a mystery that had the nation in suspense: her relationship with the man who preceded her in office. It turns out that the opposition, in its eternal search for creative hobbies, wants with all its might for her to distance herself from Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). The reason? An evil and secret strategy to destroy the movement of the Fourth Transformation (4T). Luckily for us, the president, with enviable clairvoyance, has promised that such a cataclysm is not going to happen. What a relief, we were all on the edge of the precipice.
When presenting his report in the capital’s Zócalo –because what better place for a serene balance than a giant square full of people–, Sheinbaum patiently explained the obsession of his critics. They insist, she told us, half perplexed and amused, to separate her from López Obrador. Imagine, they want us to break the objective of the transformation movement. “Let us split up,” he explained, probably laughing internally at the ingenuity of the plan. But oh, here’s the big reveal: that won’t happen. The reason? A moving communion of “values, honesty, justice and love for the people of Mexico.” Who would have thought, it seems that the secret formula was not so secret after all.
The manual of the good successor: praise, principles and more praise
And then came the crowning moment, the part of the speech where the figure of the predecessor is sculpted in marble. “Andrés Manuel López Obrador was, is and will always be an example of honesty,” he proclaimed, establishing a timeline so definitive that even the clocks were synchronized. A paragon of “austerity and deep love for the people.” And, pay attention to this crucial detail for the story: “He never gave up. He never surrendered to the powerful. He never deviated from his principles.” The triple negation, a rhetorical device as subtle as a hammer, to make things very clear. In case someone who was distracted missed the message.
But the jewel in the crown, the phrase to frame and hang in the gallery of great political statements, came later. “And listen well,” he warned, with the solemnity of someone announcing the discovery of a new physical law. “Your president won’t either.” Will what? Surrender? Move away? Ambiguity is sometimes more powerful than precision. The underlying message, however, was crystal clear: the political lineage is unbreakable. “Because we have convictions, we have principles, because no matter how harsh the pressures are, we only revere one, the people of Mexico.” A poetic image, no doubt: an entire government bowing in a single, great collective reverence toward the people. One can almost visualize it, a choreographed ballet of absolute loyalty.
It is almost moving to see how the script remains intact, undisturbed by the passage of time and the change of presidential chair. The narrative of the 4T as a monolithic block, an impregnable fortress where there is no room for the slightest fissure of independent thought. The opposition, painted as that naughty child who tries to separate two inseparable friends in the playground, continues to insist on its futile mission. Meanwhile, from power, the story of unbreakable unity is reinforced, of the legacy that is not stained, of love for the people as a shield against any criticism. A political fairy tale where the bad guys always lose and principles always win. How beautiful. And how practical.
One cannot help but wonder, in a fit of impertinent curiosity, how the errors, the complex problems, the inevitable grays of governing a country will be handled. Because in this universe of southern clarities, of examples of eternal honesty and exclusive reverence, there seems to be no room for trial and error. Only for perpetual reaffirmation. It is as if, suddenly, politics had become a religion with a single creed and immaculate saints. And President Sheinbaum, its high priestess, making sure parishioners don’t forget their catechism. A show that, it must be admitted, never disappoints in its glorious predictability.
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