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It was just two years ago that AMLO stated that if he won the election on July 1, 2018, he would appoint Alfonso Romo as his coordinator of the Office of the Presidency.
Today, at the end of 2020, just two years later, Romo leaves López Obrador's cabinet, leaving the leadership of the Office of the Presidency.
Morning of December 3, stenographic version
According to the stenographic version. Press conference of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on December 3, 2020, the information was released in this way:
PRESIDENT ANDRÉS MANUEL LÓPEZ OBRADOR: Alfonso Romo will leave the coordination of the Office of the Presidency, but will continue to be my main link with the private sector. The truth is that he was a public official only because it was about us.
He had never accepted to work in the Chile Mobile Number List government, to be a public official, but since he was part of our movement and continues to be, and I asked him to accept being a civil servant, since he participated as manager, coordinator of the Office of the Presidency.
'We agreed from the beginning that it would be two years and the deadline was met.' He told me: 'Well, I accept, but two years.' Still earlier this year he reminded me of that. And I told him: Yes, but there is still this year, and the two years are up.
'Poncho is more in my vision that what is important is not the position, but the order.' This, because it will continue to help me, it will continue to help us as a liaison with the private sector, which has done very well, its performance has been very important. He has helped me and will continue to help me, he is independent, he is a free man. There are many businessmen and citizens in general who I invite to participate, they sympathize with our movement, but they tell me: 'I help in another way, but I don't want to be in any position', because everyone has their own criteria and they act freely, with independence.
He is an honest man, committed to just causes. He is the great-grandson of Gustavo Madero, he carries his democratic vocation in his blood because we must not forget what Francisco I. Madero and Gustavo Madero did, they fought for democracy and both were sacrificed.
So, you will continue to help us as a liaison. We are friends. Yesterday we saw each other, we ate together and he is going to continue accompanying me on some tours and so on, but he no longer wants to be in the government and it is because each person has their own criteria and it must be respected.
You can find the full version by clicking here.
The coldness of the response and the disappearance of the office
Finishing the statement, the president was asked about the person who would be in charge of such an important function and office.
– Are they going to occupy the position, president?
However, in the great surprise, López Obrador laconically stated that no, that no one would occupy the position and that in fact the office would disappear because it was not necessary... (Didn't he say that Romo was his main link with the private sector? And if (Wasn't the office important to the 2030 Agenda strategy?)
The president also emphasized that they would save money... contrasting with his next statement stating that neither Romo nor his team were paid.
No, we are no longer going to have that office, because he is going to continue helping me without being a civil servant and we are going to take advantage of it to save as well. He did not get paid, most of his team worked voluntarily. But that office is no longer needed.
Andrés Manuel López Obrador
The Office of the President and its real importance
The Office of the Presidency of the Republic is the administrative unit of direct support to the President of Mexico , which directly assists him in the fulfillment of his tasks and for the permanent monitoring of public policies and their periodic evaluation.
Today, at the end of 2020, just two years later, Romo leaves López Obrador's cabinet, leaving the leadership of the Office of the Presidency.
Morning of December 3, stenographic version
According to the stenographic version. Press conference of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on December 3, 2020, the information was released in this way:
PRESIDENT ANDRÉS MANUEL LÓPEZ OBRADOR: Alfonso Romo will leave the coordination of the Office of the Presidency, but will continue to be my main link with the private sector. The truth is that he was a public official only because it was about us.
He had never accepted to work in the Chile Mobile Number List government, to be a public official, but since he was part of our movement and continues to be, and I asked him to accept being a civil servant, since he participated as manager, coordinator of the Office of the Presidency.
'We agreed from the beginning that it would be two years and the deadline was met.' He told me: 'Well, I accept, but two years.' Still earlier this year he reminded me of that. And I told him: Yes, but there is still this year, and the two years are up.
'Poncho is more in my vision that what is important is not the position, but the order.' This, because it will continue to help me, it will continue to help us as a liaison with the private sector, which has done very well, its performance has been very important. He has helped me and will continue to help me, he is independent, he is a free man. There are many businessmen and citizens in general who I invite to participate, they sympathize with our movement, but they tell me: 'I help in another way, but I don't want to be in any position', because everyone has their own criteria and they act freely, with independence.
He is an honest man, committed to just causes. He is the great-grandson of Gustavo Madero, he carries his democratic vocation in his blood because we must not forget what Francisco I. Madero and Gustavo Madero did, they fought for democracy and both were sacrificed.
So, you will continue to help us as a liaison. We are friends. Yesterday we saw each other, we ate together and he is going to continue accompanying me on some tours and so on, but he no longer wants to be in the government and it is because each person has their own criteria and it must be respected.
You can find the full version by clicking here.
The coldness of the response and the disappearance of the office
Finishing the statement, the president was asked about the person who would be in charge of such an important function and office.
– Are they going to occupy the position, president?
However, in the great surprise, López Obrador laconically stated that no, that no one would occupy the position and that in fact the office would disappear because it was not necessary... (Didn't he say that Romo was his main link with the private sector? And if (Wasn't the office important to the 2030 Agenda strategy?)
The president also emphasized that they would save money... contrasting with his next statement stating that neither Romo nor his team were paid.
No, we are no longer going to have that office, because he is going to continue helping me without being a civil servant and we are going to take advantage of it to save as well. He did not get paid, most of his team worked voluntarily. But that office is no longer needed.
Andrés Manuel López Obrador
The Office of the President and its real importance
The Office of the Presidency of the Republic is the administrative unit of direct support to the President of Mexico , which directly assists him in the fulfillment of his tasks and for the permanent monitoring of public policies and their periodic evaluation.