Mexican President Signs Declaration Promising Not To Seek Re-Election In 2024

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday signed a declaration, pledging not to seek another term in office in the 2024 election after the country's parliament passed measure to cut short presidential terms

MEXICO CITY (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 19th March, 2019) Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday signed a declaration, pledging not to seek another term in office in the 2024 election after the country's parliament passed measure to cut short presidential terms.

Last week, Mexico's lower house passed a constitutional amendment that would allow for a referendum to cut short the six-year presidential term.

It was criticized by the opposition which said the move opened the door to Lopez Obrador's re-election.

"My political opponents, the conservatives, think that I am like them, because their real doctrine is a hypocrisy. They claim that the proposed mandate withdrawal conceals the intention to be re-elected in 2024," Lopez Obrador said while signing the declaration during his daily press conference.

Under the current Mexican constitution, the president is limited to a single six-year term in office.