ADADThe effort alarmed opposition political parties who saw it as an attempt to illegally use public funds to promote López Obrador and his leftist Morena party — exactly the sort of political shenanigans that the new president has vowed to shun as part of his “Fourth Transformation” of Mexico. We come on behalf of the president of the republic, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, to deliver some help for your family. ADBut López Obrador promised to be a different sort of president, one who would wipe out corruption and extravagance, in large part by example. The number of workers has oscillated around 18,000, a significant share of whom had worked for Morena or other political parties before joining the program. ADThe fact that they were hired originally by people fresh from the Morena campaign — and then pulled wholesale onto the federal payroll, bothered Sergio Martínez of the civil group Social Impact.

Source: Washington Post January 19, 2020 16:41 UTC