President Andrés Manuel López Obrador He leads his ‘morning’ conference this Wednesday, May 8 from the National Palace, accompanied by Elizabeth García Vilchis, who presents the ‘Who’s who in the lies of the week’ section.
They have him unjustly imprisoned, says AMLO about Julian Assange
López Obrador reproached the fact that the Pulitzer Prize was given to media outlets like the The New York Times and recalled that said media received information from Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks who is detained on espionage charges.
“The editors of the NYT no longer remember that they received information from Assange, that they released that information and that they left Assange alone, he is the only one responsible for releasing the cables of the United States government and there they have him unjustly imprisoned “, said.
He also accused the NYT of making a campaign against Assange’s freedom every day“This means imprisoning freedom of expression,” he said.
The US government has asserted that the Assange actions They went far beyond journalism by indiscriminately soliciting, stealing and publishing classified official documents that endangered innocent lives.
Journalist denounces sanctions against reporters in AMLO’s ‘morning’
The journalist Stephanie Palacios reported this Wednesday that he had received sanctions from President López Obrador’s team as well as the reporters who carried out questions in your morning conference.
“You have always said that this is a democratic exercise, we as journalists ask you when you are speaking, so if for what I am doing they are going to kick me out of a conference (…) It’s a threat, last time they sanctioned me for a month”, he accused.
To which the president denied that there were limitations against journalists who attend his ‘morning sessions’.
“Everyone has the right to ask and know why? because We have nothing to hide, they even help us with questions to clarify things.. Maybe there is a misunderstanding, but I tell you there is no problem here, you are free, you can ask anything. “It is no longer the time it used to be,” responded the President.
AMLO: The most important thing about his ‘morning’ conferences this week
- AMLO assured that the fire in Valle de Bravo is being attended to and as of Monday morning it was reported that it is 60 percent controlled.
- López Obrador said that the MS Band has already confirmed its participation on September 15, which will be its last Cry for Independence before the end of its six-year term.
- When questioned about the results of the Independent Commission of Investigation on the Pandemic, which points to poor management during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico, AMLO assured that this study “was done to harm us.”
- Octavio Romero explained more details about the death of María Amparo Casar’s husband, Carlos Fernando Márquez Padilla.
- At the start of the morning conference this Monday, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said that the director of Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), Octavio Romero, will delve again into the case in which María Amparo Casar is involved.
- Regarding the price of the basic basket this week, the average is 811.30 pesos and in Chedraui UPAEP Puebla, sells these products for 738.90 pesos.
- The head of the Consumer Protection Agency (Profeco), David Aguilar, explained that between April 27 and May 3, regular gasoline prices range from 21.90 to 26.83 pesos.
