Priest calls AMLO a “saint” for helping the poor in Mexico and sparks a wave of criticism

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The priest and activist Alejandro Solalinde assured that he sees in President Andrés Manuel López Obrador “very important traits of holiness” . He mentioned that his perception of the president is based on the fact that he follows the teachings of Jesus, for which he regretted that “they do not value him.”

According to their analysis released by the Mexican media El Universal, “ Presidents like López Obrador emerge every 100 or 200 years . God blessed us with a President like the one we have. Every day I admire this man more. ”

In a cause that the prelate knows well, as an activist in favor of migrants, he insisted that to the president of Mexico, “the poor are important or, as Jesus said: ‘The last will be the first’. That’s what people don’t want to understand. ”

Even, cataloged that López Obrador “is doing a real peaceful and democratic revolution, a true revolution of consciences ”.

Finally, accused the Mexican Episcopate, the main religious institution made up of collegiate Mexican bishops, of receiving money from the opposition, “with their honorable exceptions,” for which he pointed out that the Church hierarchy is upset with the president: “I am very sorry There are bishops and ‘chayoteros’ (corrupt) fathers who received little money. I know that some received up to $ 6, 000, 000 of pesos ($ 200, 000 Dollars). Andrés Manuel doesn’t give anything, he doesn’t give anything, that’s why they don’t like him and make fun of him. ”

Opposition criticizes priest and accuses him of being a “fanatic”

After Alejandro Solalinde’s statements, the criticisms did not They took a long time to appear, such as the former head of the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS) , Javier Lozano, who recommended to the priest that, before “tweeting stupid things”, better review the data that the National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (Coneval) and the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) show year after year on the evolution poverty in the country.

For her part, the opposition senator, from the National Action Party (PAN), Kenia López Rabadán attacked the activist and spoke about it through her official Twitter account, a space where classified the priest of 76 years.