Claudia Sheinbaum took office this Tuesday as the first female president of Mexico for the six-year term from 2024 to 2030 in a ceremony in the Chamber of Deputies attended by almost twenty international leaders and hundreds of representatives from countries and multilateral organizations.
“Honorable Congress of the Union, people of Mexico, I protest to uphold and enforce the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States and the laws that emanate from it, and to loyally and patriotically carry out the position of president of the republic that the people have conferred on me. ”Sheinbaum declared.
The outgoing president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (2018-2024), handed the presidential sash to the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Ifigenia Martínez, who placed the tricolor garment on Sheinbaum, the first woman to govern the country after more than 200 years. years of being a republic. Sheinbaum took office amid shouts of “president, president” and “it is an honor to be with Claudia today!”, as an echo of “it is an honor to be with Obrador!”
After the session in Congress, Sheinbaum went to the National Palace, where he met with the invited leaders, among whom were the presidents of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva; from Chile, Gabriel Boric; from Colombia, Gustavo Petro; from Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, and from Honduras, Xiomara Castro. Also attending are personalities such as the first lady of the United States, Jill Biden, and the high representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell.
There was no presence of the Spanish Government at the ceremony, after the controversy that arose a few weeks ago after the Mexican Government did not invite King Felipe VI.
The recent president of Mexico noted during her first speech that “it is time for transformation and it is time for women,” at the investiture ceremony in the Chamber of Deputies. She has also promised that private investments by national and foreign businessmen will be “safe”, as well as a “responsible” fiscal policy, during her first speech as the country’s new leader.
Source: www.eldiario.es
