Mexico, Apr 14 (EFE) .- The President of Mexico Andrés Manuel López Obrador launched a criticism of his opponents on Tuesday for, according to him, using famous people such as the singer Thalía to orchestrate attacks against his government and thus counteract his country transformation process.
"They see what people are thinking; then, as they no longer give them, they climb and look for personalities much better known than article writers, than radio conductors, than intellectuals," said the president during his morning conference.
Although he did not say any name, López Obrador indicated that the attacks have come from an "extremely famous" actress (Thalía) , a comedian ( Eugenio Derbez) and a footballer "who previously liked me" ( Chicharito).
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He assured that his detractors counter it "with personalities who have a collective recognition."
"Lately they provoke interviews to a personage of the sport so that he thinks badly. That, by the way, he had never gotten to speak. I liked him very well, well he continues to be liked me well," assured in a notable reference to the Mexican striker Javier "Chicharito" Hernández .
Last March, the Los Angeles Galaxy player from the US MLS declared that Mexico "is going through a very fucking bastard stage" and "instead of going forward we are going backwards a little."
As for Thalía, she referred to her as a "well-known and respectable" artist, also without giving her name precisely.
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But a few days ago, the interpreter uploaded to her social networks a criticism of the statements of López Obrador, who urged citizens to leave their homes in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, despite the fact that the authorities' recommendations indicated otherwise. .
"It's not okay to go out. Health professionals have constantly said that we should be alone," the singer said in a video on her Instagram account.
The most recent "attack" came from the Mexican comedian Eugenio Derbez , whom the president referred to as "a well-known and very talented comedian" and who last weekend published a video on his Twitter account denouncing lack of supplies in Mexican hospitals.
Derbez said that at Clinica 20 of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), in Tijuana, Baja California, there was a lack of supplies for doctors and the patients were experiencing a "precarious" situation, although the IMSS assured that this was false.
The controversy caused the governor of that state, Jaime Bonilla, to denounce that the doctors of his entity lack sufficient protection "they are falling like flies," he warned.
However, and despite the complaint, the president said that the criticism of these celebrities helps because "the degree of political maturity of our people is being tested"
"We are measuring what level of awareness we have in the country; this is not bad," he concluded.