Vicente Fox Admits Intervention in 2006 Mexican Presidential Election, Digi Mart USA News (Mexico): Former Mexican President Vicente Fox Quesada publicly admitted that he intervened in the 2006 presidential election to ensure that Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, the candidate of his party, won. According to a recent interview with the Spanish outlet The Objective, Fox said he directly helped determine the result.
In a recorded conversation with journalist Juan Luis Cebrián, Fox was quoted as saying, “I made Calderón win,” adding, “2006 comes the next election, Calderón wins, or I can say it here: I made Calderón win, although it is not very democratic to say that.” A video of the interview circulated on social media.
Fox said his main goal was to prevent Andrés Manuel López Obrador from becoming president. He stated that he never considered handing power to the Tabasco-born politician at the time, and therefore used his full support to keep the National Action Party (PAN) in government.
Fox compared the presidency to managing a private business, explaining that he saw the transfer of power as an owner choosing who should take over the reins of his company. He said he therefore chose to work from his position to ensure the next president came from his party.
Turning to the current political situation, Fox argued that the opposition should not try to remove Morena from government abruptly, but should instead take control of its funding by reducing its number of deputies in Congress.
The former president’s remarks reopen discussion of the controversies surrounding the 2006 process, which were marked by demands for a “vote-by-vote” count and accusations that the government interfered at polling stations.
In the same conversation, Fox also commented on international affairs, describing former U.S. President Donald Trump as a dangerous person, a remark that has generated strong discussion in national and international media.
