PRD was founded on the back of the July 6, 1988 fraud. One man greatly responsible for the election outcome was Interior Secretary Manuel Bartlett, who then also doubled as head of the commission organizing the election (if there ever was a fitting fox-guarding-the-hen house analogy, that's the one). Now, however, in an irony of ironies - I really don't know how to express this - AMLO's
Morena movement is putting forth Bartlett to head its senator formula from Puebla.
That's right. The man responsible for the 1988 fraud that soon gave birth to the PRD, will now run as its candidate.
Are there no limits to how opportunistic AMLO will be in order to draw in votes? One graphic from
El Economista puts a humerous spin on it:
It is not a wholly perfect joke, though: While Bartlett his here seen putting on a PRD banner, it is, as Senator Carlos Navarrete
made it very clear, AMLO's Morena that is pushing Bartlett,
not the PRD.
Navarrete also said he would not move a finger to help Bartlett. Nor would anyone with a modicum of dignity on the Mexican left.
More from
El Universal.
