Former Mexican First Lady Margarita Zavala announces presidential bid
Former Mexican First Lady Margarita Zavala announces presidential bid
Former First Lady of Mexico Margarita Zavala has announced that she would seek to emulate her husband Felipe Calderon’s success by running for the presidency in 2018. Calderon was in power from 2006 to 2012.
Date 15.06.2015
The 47-year-old wife of former Mexican President Felipe Calderon, who remained in office from 2006 to 2012, used an in a two-minute online video to declare her intention to run for president in 2018. She said that she would work to improve the country's economy as well as the rule of law in Mexico, emphasizing that there was "a huge gap between politicians and citizens" in Mexico.
"Reconciliation with the public is the most important task for those of us who seek to establish a better Mexico," she said in her video, in which she appeared dressed in a suit jacket and a traditional Mexican shawl.
Run as an independent candidate possible
A former congresswoman for the center-right National Action Party (PAN), Zavala made a broad appeal across the entire political spectrum, leaving the prospect of staging an independent bid open. But some commentators have interpreted the nature of her announcement as an independent bid.
"I will put together, hand in hand with the people, a national campaign that of course includes PAN supporters, but also those who have voted for other political alternatives and those who have stopped believing in parties," she said.
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