US EditionAMLO Breaks Public Absence to Cast Ballot in Historic Judicial Vote
- Former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador reappeared on Sunday, June 1, 2025, voting in Palenque, Chiapas, in the country’s first judicial election.
- He left his ranch eight months after ending his six-year presidency and returned to public view to participate following his 2024 judicial reform that enabled this historic election.
- López Obrador, who strongly criticized the judiciary during his term, described the election as unprecedented, allowing nearly 100 million Mexicans to directly elect 881 judicial positions.
- He voted with a cheat sheet at a cardboard booth, expressed happiness living in a free democracy, and called current President Claudia Sheinbaum "the best president in the world."
- This event marks López Obrador’s first public appearance since September 2024 and highlights the significant implications of electoral judicial reforms in Mexico’s democracy.
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AMLO breaks public absence to cast ballot in historic judicial vote
Former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Sunday made his first public appearance since finishing his six-year term eight months ago, leaving his ranch in the southern state of Chiapas to cast his vote in Mexico’s first-ever judicial elections. AMLO, as the ex-president is best known, voted Sunday morning at a polling station in Palenque, where he now lives. It was the first time he had been seen in public since handing over the presidenti…
Former Mexican President López Obrador Reappears To Vote in Judicial Election
Former President of Mexico Andrés Manuel López Obrador (2018-2024), reappeared this Sunday, after eight months of leaving office, to cast his vote in the historic first election for the judiciary. RELATED: Mexicans Head to the Polling Stations in Historic First Judiciary Elections The former president appeared for the first time since the end of his administration in September 2024 at a special polling station in the municipality of Palenque, in…
Mexico, Mexico. Mexico’s former president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, reappeared this Sunday after eight months away from public life to vote in what he described as a “historical election” that will define all the judges of the country. “Never in the history of our country had the people directly decided and had the right to elect judges, magistrates, ministers of the judiciary. It’s the first time in history, that’s why I wanted to participa…
Mexico’s former president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, reappeared this Sunday after eight months away from public life to vote on what he described as a “historical election” that will define all the country’s judges.
Mexico City, 1 Jun (EFE).- Former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (2018-2024) reappeared this Sunday, after eight months of leaving office, to cast his vote in the unprecedented judicial election that he himself promoted at the end of his term of office. The ex-mandator appeared for the first time since his administration ended in September 2024 in a special voting center in the municipality of Palenque, Chiapas (south of Mexico), …
After his retirement from public life to dedicate himself to writing his book in Palenque, Chiapas, former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador reappeared this Sunday to participate in the judicial election and cast his vote.On the morning of Sunday, June 1, he was seen in the streets of Chiapas, accompanied by some followers, as he was on his way to vote in the polling stations. This was his first appearance before the media since he retired f…
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