Leftist president hopeful vows to erase Mexico’s corruption
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s leftist Morena party on Monday made eradicating corruption the centerpiece of its platform as its leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador runs for the presidency in next year’s elections.
Thousands of Morena’s most fervent supporters packed the capital’s National Auditorium to watch party bigwigs vote unanimously in support of the plan for governing if Lopez Obrador wins.
“We have in our hands the possibility of ending corruption,” Lopez Obrador said. “We’re going to banish it from our country.”
The money saved will “be used to finance development, guarantee the well-being of the people,” he said.