A municipal president from the state of Michoacán, Uruapan,
Carlos Manzo, appeared in the national spotlight. He put the Mexican
government's and his own state's acceptance of the 4T's calls to the test, and
received a failing grade.
Just a few weeks earlier, with the usual rhetoric that, by
dint of repetition, pretends to become the truth, the country's president,
Claudia Sheinbaum, had announced that she had an 80 percent popular approval
rating, but as always, rhetoric only lasts as long as the truth emerges.
Carlos Manzo, interpreting the fatigue of the population he
governs—and practically the entire nation—ordered that the Uruapan police
should act ruthlessly when confronting the criminals flooding Michoacán, the
municipality he governs.
President Sheinbaum condemned Mayor Manzo's decision, but he
stands by his position. That the murder of children, women, and working men
will no longer be allowed; in any case, the act must be directed against the criminals.
The Mayor's reaction, as it spreads across the Hispanic
world, is gaining support from millions. Carlos Manzo has become an exemplary
man, worthy not only of governing a municipality in Michoacán, but also of
leading the country, according to the copious opinions of social media users.
By the numbers, it's not the 20 percent who officially say
they don't support President Sheinbaum who hold this opinion. The 80 percent
approval rating for the 4T administration is crumbling, and, according to quick
counts by analysts, it's shifting to the mayor of Uruapan, Michoacán, himself.
And Mexico seems unable to tolerate not only the lack of
public security, healthcare, quality education, etc. The country no longer
believes the rhetoric of well-being, while legislative changes are underway
that seem designed to undermine the freedom and power of the people, democracy./