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Weekly Report - 11 June 2020 (WR-20-23)
MEXICO: Political polarisation deepens
Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador denounced a plot on 9 June by opposition parties (including former presidents), business groups, magistrates, and journalists to forge a united front against his government aimed at removing him from power. López Obrador said he had come into possession of a document, of unknown provenance, that confirmed the existence of a so-called Bloque Opositor Amplio (BOA). All of those ostensibly signed up to the grouping denied involvement; some accused López Obrador of seeking to distract attention from his government’s mishandling of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. The concept of the BOA fits López Obrador’s narrative that it is him and ‘the people’ against ‘conservatives’, a catch-all term for any individual or group that questions his ‘fourth transformation’.
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