Enrique de la Madrid Cordero announced his decision to leave the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), arguing that he no longer perceives a place for him within that political organization.
In Joaquín López Dóriga’s radio program, he former secretary of Tourism reported that “after a very extensive reflection, my cycle in the PRI“.
“I came to the conclusion that if I want to continue influencing, if I want to continue weighing, if you want to contribute to constructive dialogue between Mexican men and women, if I want to contribute to eliminating that polarization that is doing so much damage to us in the world, and in Mexico, I have to change space,” he said.
The PRI leadership described Enrique de la Madrid as ungrateful and considered his resignation unacceptable, especially given that, they claimed, the party “has given him so much.”
“Or I cannot share a resignation from someone who has been highly favored by PRI governments from his family environment. I will never applaud him or agree. He will have his reasons, I respect them, but I do not share them,” said the coordinator. from the PRI the Senate, Manuel Añorve.
“I will never accept a resignation from someone to whom the PRI has given so much.”
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