In the Complaints Commission of the Electoral Institute of Mexico City A procedure has been initiated that requires the removal of slanderous publications that have been launched against the candidate Santiago Taboada, just like the phrase from ‘Real Estate Cartel’This was announced by President Erika Estrada.
“There is a complaint that was filed by the National Action Party (…), for various behaviors, including slanderous behavior, which we must remember is classified in our legislation as those expressions that may contain false facts or crimes that can affect a person, in this case Santiago Taboada,” said the president advisor in a radio interview with Ciro Gómez Leyva.
“It is for the purpose of removing publications on social networks, made by various public servants (…) that may preliminarily contain slanderous content (…), there is no censorship, there is no prohibition, of any term related to the real estate cartel ”he added.
The president of the Complaints Commission explained that The process has barely begun, which means that “there is still no sanction.”However, at the appropriate time the CDMX Electoral Court will decide whether sanctions are applied or not.
Erika Estrada clarified that the Complaints Commission has decided to “safeguard the rights of Morena’s candidate, Clara Brugadabecause during the first debate He made different expressions related to drug trafficking and the real estate cartel.
“What the Commission reasoned is that when you find yourself in a debate, you you have in front of you the person who can replyin this case to Santiago Taboada, and these expressions are allowed because we are in a democracy,” he mentioned.
That is to say, “there is no procedure against Clara Brugada,” because their freedom of expression is not being “restricted”.
“It is not that the use of words is prohibited (…), what we are saying is that we be careful with content that may contain slander,” concluded the president of the Complaints Commission.
El Financiero Survey: How are Brugada, Taboada and Chertorivski doing?
In accordance with The most recent survey carried out by The financial, Clara Brugada, Morena candidate, captures 42 percent of voting intentionwhile Santiago Taboada, candidate of the PAN-PRI-PRD alliance, adds 37 percent and Solomon Chertorivsky barely attracts 6 percent of preferences. But the survey also analyzes the percentage of undecided people.
In March, just at the start of the campaigns, the difference between the leaders was eight percentage pointsaccording to the previous EF survey.
The April poll reveals that the voters who most They favor Brugada are women, those over 50 years of age, who have low and medium schooling, as well as those who consider themselves lower class. By contrast, Taboada takes a slight advantageto in favor among menbetween under 30 years old and between the middle class, groups in which you have two to five points over your main contender; On the other hand, Taboada’s advantage among university students is considerable, reaching 16 points over Brugada.
So far in the campaigns, both Leading candidates decreased in their percentage of favorable opinions and negative opinions increased. Brugada registered 38 percent good or very good opinion, and 36 percent bad or very bad opinion. On the other hand, Taboada recorded 33 and 36 percent.
