I'm glad the law passed too, but the truth is that Mexico is still a fairly conservative and closed minded society, even in Mexico city which is the most progressive city of the country, and most of the voters of the PRD come from the poorest and least educated sectors, who tend to be the most conservative of all because of the huge influence the catholic church has over them.
If they just had passed the law and remain silent it wouldn't have been a big deal, but Marcelo Ebrard decided to attack the catholic church (which imho is the epitome of corruption, hippocrisy and backwards thinking) but for most Mexicans specially those who are poor it is something sacred.
Besides that the PRD is not really left wing, it is the bad copy of the PRI they reproduce exactly the same tactics that enabled the PRI to rule for such a long period of time.
Not so long ago Lopez Obrador legalized most pirate taxis in the city, this was a slap in the face to all those taxi drivers who did the right thing and went through the right channels, and this encourages more ilegality and the entitlement culture that has done so bad to this country, oh but it surely got them a lot of votes
He also legalized lands that were Ecological reserves but that were invaded by poor immigrants who came from impoverished regions to Mexico city and built precarious homes there, risking the collapse of an already heavily polluted city with few green areas, all to "help" the poor.
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Now the PRD Amlo and Marcelo are protecting the Luz y Fuerza syndicate, these guys were nothing more than parasites that were given unfair privileges during the PRI era, because of them, Energy services in the central area of Mexico were lousy, expensive and dangerous, they also costed thousand of millions of pesos to the tax payers, even though when most of the "workers" of this never worked but were paid, this phenomenon in Mexico is known as aviadores (people who "works" for the government and get pay but do nothing) they learnt well from the PRI these practices.
Since the closing of Luz y Fuerza, Lopez Obrador has stated that he will maintain a defense of the SME. Nevertheless, this is a highly unpopular cause to defend, and it might end up further damaging his image with the electorate, particularly if there any bursts of radicalism and violence that might result from upcoming protests.
In the end, the PRD will be paying the price of radicalism via their association with AMLO. As such, the longer the SME maintains its resistance, the more harm the party will suffer. In this view, the elimination of Luz y Fuerza might even renew internal frictions: with the pragmatic factions wanting to remain on the sidelines and the radicals (i.e. AMLO loyalists) trying to protect the fate of the SME.
The End of Luz y Fuerza: Recap, Analysis, and Ramifications
These social groups and others with the blessing of the PRD hold the city and their citizens hostages everytime they decide to manifest, the entire city's traffic collapses because they block the main avenues in order to "protest" Manifestations should be the norm in a democratic society but they should be regulated, because other's people rights should be respected in a democratic society, marches should have an schedule and designated areas, otherwise the only thing they do is to alienate the rest of the citizens and create aversion on them instead of being listened.
The PRD allows these people to make mexico city their hostage because they are the PRD soldiers they are called to all the meetings and reunions of the PRD and their "legitimate president" this practice known as acarreo was one of the worst parts of the revolutionary regime created by the PRI.
And finally in an example of total disregard for democratic values, Lopez Obrador wanted to impose a candidate for one of Mexico city's poorest and most populated districts (Iztapalapa) but the federal elections institute denied the request because this girl was a Salvadorian citizen who was illegally in Mexico, but rules aren't made for tropical messiahs like lopez obrador, so he got a guy he thought could be easily manipulated and asked him to run for elections, he was elected and then he was convinced to resign and put Clara Brugada as his substitute, Lopez Obrador never thought that this guy would actually rebel against him and would make AMLO look like the clown he is.
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In congress the only thing that the PRD knows to do is to oppose to every reform attempt by the federal government, they say NO to everything but they don't offer real alternatives or solutions, they only make hollow promises and tell their followers fairy tales, as most followers of the PRD are poor, desperate and lack enough education to understand about economics or other things they believe them, but they are promising exactly the same things the PRI promised during decades, these hollow promises just destroyed Mexico's economy and living standards and made her a third world nation, when after WWII this was one of the richest countries on earth.
I believe that Mexico needs a real left party in order to maintain the balance, as much as I dislike the PRD I dislike the PAN for it's hippocrisy, but it's the least worse of the 3 major parties of this country, while the PRD is getting worse and worse, make no mistake if AMLO was the president this country would have collapsed already, he is just another Hugo Chavez.
For all these reasons PRD's power and influence in Mexico city has been dwindling, PRD's strenght in the congress has disminished too and the next elections they might loose control of Mexicos city's government for the sake of all of us chilangos I hope so.
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