Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks to the media during a news conference to announce a plan to strengthen finances of state oil firm Pemex, at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico on Feb. 15, 2019.MEXICO CITY — Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Tuesday put in writing a promise to never seek a second term, after critics expressed worry that a new law allowing a mid-term recall referendum could be a step toward a re-election bid.
"Never, under any circumstance, will I try to perpetuate myself in the position that I currently have," the document stated. Late Thursday, Mexico's lower house of Congress approved legislation permitting referendums to cut short the presidential term, in line with Lopez Obrador's plan to have the public vote on his performance half-way through his administration.
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