Mexican President Defies Electoral Agency, Persists in Attacking Opposition Candidate

Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador continues to attack opposition front-runner Xóchitl Gálvez for the 2024 presidential elections, despite a ruling by electoral authorities that he has been violating equity and neutrality rules. López Obrador likened Gálvez to a mafia leader and accused her of illegal activities, while she accused him of leaking confidential tax information about her businesses. The president claims that electoral authorities are trying to silence him and violate his freedom of expression. This behavior breaks the tradition of Mexican presidents staying out of the race to succeed them.