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Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: AMLO reiterated that the judicial branch reform is urgent in order to cleanse it of corruption and establish an authentic rule of law. He questioned why those who oppose the population electing judges and justices are afraid of democracy; The President López Obrador emphasized that Mexico's economy is very strong and that the peso continues to be the strongest currency trading against the dollar despite fluctuations in the past few days; Federal crimes decreased 20.9 percent in 2024, with respect to May 2018. Intentional homicide has declined 19 percent with respect to 2018; the Mexican government has reduced hydrocarbon theft by 94.2 percent, leading to savings of almost US$18.04 billion, resources that were invested in well-being programs and public work projects.

Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: President Andrés Manuel López Obrador will meet this afternoon with his successor Claudia Sheinbaum to begin work on details on the transition to the new administration; The final ballot count from the June 2 elections is in. Claudia Sheinbaum was elected President with 59.75% of the votes. The Morena, PT, and PVEM coalition won seven gubernatorial races; Movimiento Ciudadano one. and the PAN, PRI AND PRD coalition, one; the President questioned the expenses made by the opposition in its dirty campaign against his administration and the then presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum; after indicating that the migratory flows in the country are not out of control, AMLO announced that Mexico has proposed two projects to address the root causes of migration: extending the Mayan Train from Chetumal in Mexico to Belize and from Belize to Flores, Guatemala, which would involve providing work to approximately 100,000 people, and constructing a train line from Tapachula, Chiapas to Guatemala, which would create 50,000 jobs.

Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: AMLO said that the national economy is very solid, noting that the peso is the strongest currency in the world. He attributed movements in the peso exchange rate to jitters over the judicial branch reform; the President mentioned that he sent Congress a package of 20 reforms to, among others points, guarantee senior citizens 65 years of age and older the right to a pension, as well as full, free, and quality medical care for all. He said that this package will be promoted in coordination with virtual president Claudia Sheinbaum; according to Tax Administration System data, fiscal revenue from January to June totaled almost 2.14 trillion, 5.5% higher in real terms than the same period last year.

Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: In response to those questioning the results of the June 2 elections, AMLO charged that they don’t want to accept the country’s new reality, the changes in the population political awareness; according to the latest tally of Sunday’s elections, Claudia Sheinbaum's victory was reaffirmed with her receiving 59.76% of the vote; the President ruled out closing the border with the United States, since it is a factor for economic, commercial, and social integration and doing so would have a serious effect on the economies of both countries; on the 15th anniversary of the ABC Day Care Center tragedy, AMLO explained that it occurred due to the privatization of the day care centers. In the current government, another mechanism of support for the care of minors was created, without intermediaries. Since 2019, the victims and families of the ABC Day Care Center fire have been receiving support such as scholarships, medical care, and life pensions.

Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: AMLO charged that as long as the opposition continues to think that the people are stupid and don’t know anything they will never be able to form a true opposition; the National Electoral Institute’s Preliminary Electoral Results Program has concluded and indicates that voter turnout on June 2 was 60.92%. The presidential election results were as follows: 59.35% for Claudia Sheinbaum, 27.90% for Xóchitl Gálvez, and 10.41% for Jorge Álvarez Máynez. Today the rapid tallies begin in the district election boards and will end on Saturday, June 8.

Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: AMLO declared that the June 2 elections were the cleanest and freest in the country’s history, possibly since the election of President Madero; the President advised the opposition to undertake a thoroughgoing review of how they have operated. He explained that their great electoral failure is that they underestimated the Mexican people; AMLO reiterated his commitment to leave Mexico with the best public health-care system in the world; as of today, June 4, the delivery begins of the US$320 million earmarked for the improvement of the infrastructure of 11,947 health-care centers or medical units that were in disrepair. The resources will be allocated through the Clinic is Ours program, which works with committees that will directly manage the budgets.