In a historic moment for the people of Zacatecas, Governor David Monreal Ávila received, here, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, President-Elect Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, and producers, around the Meeting with the Agricultural Sector. Results and Progress, to announce the achievements in the field and livestock of the state and the country.
Gathered at the Zacatecas Convention Center, the state governor welcomed the President of Mexico and his successor for the next six years, reminding them of the years of struggle together, of battles, assemblies, roads traveled, side by side, against all odds, until achieving the historic victory of transformation in July 2018.
In what could be the last visit of Andrés Manuel López Obrador as President of the Republic, Governor David Monreal highlighted the support he has provided to Zacatecas in various areas, mainly in social support, security, and agriculture, in addition to presenting the work done in favor of the agricultural sector of this entity and all of Mexico.
He affirmed that this is an infallible proof that the President has never left Zacatecas alone and, on the contrary, has maintained a close bond with this people, with the State Government and the 58 municipalities, regardless of color or political affiliation, with the full conviction of working for the well-being of all families.
President highlights the work of Governor David Monreal Ávila
In his speech, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador expressed his pleasure at visiting the state of Zacatecas for the sixteenth time and highlighted the work done by Governor David Monreal Ávila, as well as the support and management of Senator Ricardo Monreal in favor of the families of the state.
He emphasized that the national strategy implemented six years ago worked because corruption was eliminated, there were no luxuries, it was an austere government, without extravagances, and all the savings were used to help the people.
«The problem in Mexico was not the lack of budget, as the authorities said, but corruption, because the country has many natural resources and a good, noble, and hardworking people. There is enough budget, but that money ended up in a few hands. And now an equitable, fair distribution was achieved, the result of the work of all Mexicans,» he said.
From the Convention Center, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador recalled that during the COVID-19 pandemic, the primary sector, agriculture, was the only one that remained standing and increased by one percentage point, because it did not stop planting and continued food production, combined with support for small producers and social sectors, distributing wealth from the bottom up, with a vision of «first the poor.»
Likewise, public policies were decided to support the most vulnerable sectors and, especially, those who provide us with food, and that is why we managed to move forward and the people of Mexico rose, also with the support of migrants and the increase in the minimum wage and job creation.
He thanked the people of Zacatecas for their support and trust, and urged them to give the opportunity to the new generations and think about their children, grandchildren, to leave them a better society; «the transformation movement has already started and I will hand over the presidential sash to an exceptional woman, with a lot of preparation, hardworking, honest, and with a lot of heart: Claudia Sheinbaum, the next President of Mexico, with whom Mexico will be consolidated, which is a universal power, for its values, its cultures, for what its tradition represents, the way of being, Mexicans are very fraternal, very human.»
Claudia Sheinbaum will give full support to Governor David Monreal
In her speech, President-Elect Claudia Sheinbaum recognized the figure of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, whom she has accompanied on six tours in the face of the transition process of the Government of Mexico, and who now corresponded in Zacatecas, a state to which she reaffirmed that she will continue the legacy of the principles of the transformation movement, for the good of all, first the poor, and to eradicate corruption.
She stated that «we will support Zacatecas and Governor David Monreal in the coming years; we will dialogue with everyone with the aim of working together to build the Milpillas Dam, so that there is water for the field, always in dialogue, so that there is water for human consumption, so that we do not always depend on rain and to modernize the field so that there is always productivity.»