Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said during a press conference on Monday (2) that relations with the United States and Canada “are not broken”, and that the fact that the ambassadors of both countries do not express an opinion on judicial reform is a “policy of responsibility and prudence”.
Last Tuesday (27), the president had said that the relationship between the Mexican government and the ambassadors of the United States, Ken Salazar, and Canada, Graeme Clark, was on “pause”, due to the diplomats’ criticism of the proposed judicial reform in the country.
Afterwards, López Obrador said that the relationship with the two countries “continues” and stressed that the so-called “pause” was in relations with the ambassadors in Mexico.
“The relationship with the governments continues, with Canada and the United States. It is only with the embassies, and especially with the ambassador of Canada and the United States, because it is not up to them to give their opinion on matters that only concern Mexicans. It is a matter for our country,” declared López Obrador.
The president of Mexico addressed a possible diplomatic conflict that the case could generate.
“And what did they want? That Mexico would not adjust its foreign policy to what is established in our Constitution? Our Constitution establishes that we are a free, independent and sovereign country. And it is not to fight with anyone, with anyone. It is just to clarify things,” he highlighted.
Andrés Manuel López Obrador is promoting a reform in the country so that judges, including those of the Supreme Court, are chosen by popular vote.
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