The president, whoever she may be, should exert checks and balances against old and new regional authoritarianisms, all led by men.
By Rafael Rojas (Confidencial)
HAVANA TIMES – Throughout the six-year term of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, there has been much debate about the daily polarization of public life, incentivized by the government, its opposition, but above all, by the president of Mexico himself from his privileged morning space. If that polarization, which is social, political, and ideological, can be harmful to democratic functioning, the current electoral polarization, at the end of the six-year term, is not only inevitable but necessary.
Partisanship invades public opinion, on the eve of the June 2nd electoral contest. For Mexico, this is a virtual bipartisanship, very different from its recent political tradition. In the last five federal elections, from 1994 onwards, three options with considerable demographic support have participated: a winner, an intermediate, and a third place with relative weight.
To get an idea of this tripartite scheme, one on