Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced that he is ready to abandon public life. He announced it this Monday, without prior notice and in the middle of a press conference.

Obsessed with guaranteeing his place in history, he will dedicate five months to highlighting what he has done. “It is a farewell tour that is not farewell, it seems difficult for him to really say goodbye to politics,” concedes Viri Ríos, columnist for EL PAÍS. The president will begin his tours starting next June 3, just one day after Mexico goes to the polls to vote on the continuity of his legacy and choose who will take the baton of command. “I am going to be in all the States before handing over the presidential sash,’ said the president, who will start his tours on June 3. ‘The president goes to his people for a final acclamation, that is still a sign that ‘politicians do not retire’, says Carlos Bravo.