Almost two months after the electoral campaigns began, The presidential candidate, Claudia Sheinbaum, Xóchitl Gálvez and Jorge Álvarez Máynez meet at the Churubusco Studios to do the second presidential debate towards the 2024 elections.
The second meeting takes place this Sunday, April 28, at 8:00 p.m., The topics that will be addressed in this exercisenamed ‘The route to the development of Mexico’, will be the following:
- Economic growth, inflation and employment.
- Infrastructure and development.
- Poverty and inequality.
- Climate change and sustainable development.
“I begin this debate by thanking (and showing a meme), thanking the people who have made it possible for the script of the presidential race to be changed in just one month,” said the candidate.
But, How is the preference going for the candidates and the candidate? The survey of The financial on Friday, April 26, shows that Sheinbaum leads with 49 percent of the preferences and Xochitl with 32 percent.
Jorge Álvarez Máynez, presidential candidate of the Citizen Movement, reaches the second debate with 8 percent of voting intention among Mexicans, according to the recent survey of The financial.
What are Álvarez Máynez’s economic proposals?
The Citizen Movement candidate proposed increase he minimum salary at 10 thousand pesos per monththis with the objective of guaranteeing economic stability for Mexican families.
“In the next six-year term we will raise the minimum wage to 10,000 pesos per month, it is a commitment (…) to all women and men in Mexico,” he stated.
Álvarez Máynez also seeks to promote a decent work day, this by granting Mexican workers two days of mandatory rest. He recalled that this initiative has already gone through the commissions, but pointed out that the political parties do not have the will to make it a reality.
The candidate Máynez will also seek to “facilitate the creation of companies” and the “survival of companies”, because he considers that seven out of 10 Mexican companies have to close before the first two years of life. Hence proposes to provide financing with preferential rates for micro, small and medium-sized businesses.
“That is the model with which we are going to govern this country, and I also want to tell you in response to the question because unfortunately they always forget that the citizens come first,” he indicated.
How does Álvarez Máynez plan to combat poverty and inequality?
The party candidate Citizen movement mentioned that Its strategy will be to continue promoting policies to raise the minimum wagesince this will allow us to combat poverty and inequality in Mexico.
“We do not have to be an unequal country and we can also change it in the short term,” he stated.
He also recalled that they must provide decent working hours for Mexican workersbecause it considers that the productivity of the companies It is not a primary factor.
“We must end the work model with productivity, none of the candidates has spoken out about this reform, which is substantial so that Mexican men and women can live better,” he indicated.
He also pointed out that to combat the poverty and inequality it is necessary to ‘fix the health system’ and guarantee food health for Mexican girls and boys.
“Inequality is in the intergenerational perspective between girls and boys. Mexico continues to be a deeply unequal country and it should not be. That is why we are going to apply the principle that for the good of all, girls and boys come first with a national early childhood program,” she added.
The candidate Jorge Álvarez Máynez added that his strategy will seek guarantee pensions and a national housing program for the new generations.
“The solution to poverty It is exactly the other way around, starting with girls and boys because the most determining stage in the life of a human being. It is early childhood,” he stated.
Does Jorge Álvarez Máynez still have a chance to win?
Despite the viral songs and funny memes, it seems that the Jorge Álvarez Máynez’s campaign does not ‘take on’ among the voters.
According to the El Financiero Survey, the presidential candidate of Movimiento Ciudadano has registered a positive opinion of 13 percent, while the negative opinion went from 43 to 40 percent.
According to the most recent survey, the people interviewed consider that Álvarez Máynez has criticized his two opponents more than he has made proposals.
