Only 18% Approve AMLO Sham Recall

In what opponents called a “sham” recall election, only 19 percent of Mexicans turned out to support President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). He had sponsored and promoted the recall and a “no” vote to supposedly give himself a mandate to complete his six-year term. With no opposition and his party supporting it, he received 90 percent of the vote to stay in office. AMLO is in the middle of a single six-year term and many observers believe the left-leaning, anti-establishment politician with an authoritarian-bent would like to change the Mexican Constitution and receive a second term. He denies it.

A billboard in Mexico City encourages voters to support Mexican President
 Andrés Manuel López Obrador in the recall referendum on April 10, 2022
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