Mexicans Attend Voting Centers

Nearly 89 million Mexicans will go to the elections on Sunday in order to choose the continuity of the center-right parties (PRI and PAN) to form a political turn to the left with the candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

A country, which is produced by a high level of levels of corruption and record of uncertainty, that a large majority supported López Obrador, the National Movement of the leaders of the renewal (Morena), which presents in succession to the Presidency of Mexico for the third time

Since 1929, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) has ruled, with the exception of two to six years of the National Action Party (PAN), Vicente Fox (2000-2006) and Felipe Calderón (2006-2012), and opinion polls provide support. López Obrador almost 50 percent, which would mean that the left will reach the presidency for the first time.

López Obrador has created different political currents of thought for Morena groups, and the election is in a coalition with the Labor Party and the social gathering, according to an evangelical group that has a very conservative stance on issues such as marriage and Gay show abortion

The conservative politician is measured by Ricardo Anaya, who formed the PAN, Partido de la Revolución Democrática (PRD) and social meeting of the coalition and the government of José Antonio Meade, champion of the alliance between the PRI, the Green Ecologist of Mexico and New Alliance

Also included is Jaime Rodríguez Calderón, alias "El Bronco", who participates as the first independent candidate, thanks to the electoral political reform of the 2014 presidential elections.

The widespread violence that accumulates thousands of murders and forced disappearances throughout the country, corruption and impunity is the biggest challenge for those who are victorious after the elections.

In fact, the dark side of this historic event is violence during the electoral process (started in September), which has become increasingly acute over the months.

To date, around 130 people have died, including 27 candidates, and there have been more than 540 direct attacks against political actors, according to a report by Etelekt consultants.

The president of the National Electoral Institute (INE), Lorenzo Cordova, said in an interview with Efe that violence is "an organization wounded and complicated, but that does not prevent elections."

"Unfortunately, the context of violence is not new in our country," he said.

Citizens vote with their votes, including 128 senators, 500 deputies, eight governors and the government of Mexico City.

The logistical challenge is a selection of this caliber that will function as the backbone of 1.4 million citizens who will exercise the stations. 157,000 elections will be installed throughout the country to receive votes and count.

To observe the development of the elections, 907 foreign visitors from 60 countries are expected.

The mission of the Observatory of the Organization of American States (OAS), led by former Dominican President Leonel Fernández, is exceptional, with 60 experts and observers.

The head of the mission, which will be deployed in 25 states, confirmed to Efe that the OAS is "worried" about the violence.

However, they are "sure that measures are taken and the process is carried out in an appropriate manner, with the right of citizens to be fully respected."

The budget of this process reached 1,217 million dollars, the largest of the INE for the organization and financing of the registered political parties required.

Much of the budget was provided by political parties to finance about 59 million radio and television ads to capture citizens' preferences.