Despite her pledge of continuity, Sheinbaum is a very different personality: a cautious scientist and ideological university leftist, as opposed to the outgoing president’s chummy, everyman appeal.
”López Obrador was a tremendously charismatic president and many times that charisma allowed him to cover up some political errors that Claudia Sheinbaum will not have that possibility of doing,” said Carlos Pérez Ricart, a political analyst at Mexico’s Center for Economic Research and Teaching. ”So, where López Obrador was charismatic, Claudia Sheinbaum will have to be effective.”
She will wield formidable power because López Obrador’s Morena party controls both houses of Congress. But the country remains deeply polarized between the outgoing president’s fanatic fans and almost one-third of the population who deeply resent him.
”If we want a strong government, the checks and balances also have to be strong,” said opposition Sen. MarÃa Guadalupe MurguÃa, suggesting that an all-powerful army and unchecked ruling party could come back to haunt Mexico. ”Remember,” she said, ”nobody wins everything, and nobody loses forever.”
Sheinbaum is not inheriting an easy situation.
Drug cartels have strengthened their hold over much of Mexico, and her first trip as president will be to the flood-stricken Pacific coast resort of Acapulco.
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