Defeated presidential candidate cuts party ties
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- Published on Friday, 14 September 2012 13:12
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Having lost and failed to overturn the results of July’s presidential election, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has announced his withdrawal from Mexico’s leftist coalition.
Addressing tens of thousands of supporters in Mexico City’s Zocalo on Sunday, the veteran politician said he was leaving the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), Labor Party (PT) and Citizen’s Movement in order to focus on transforming Mexico through his National Regeneration Movement (Morena).
“This isn’t a rupture, I leave on the best of terms,” Lopez Obrador said. “I have separated from the parties that form the Progressive Movement, but I must express my deep gratitude to all party leaders and supporters.”
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