La sucesión presidencial

Abstract

Fenómeno singular que deviene del sistema político mexicano, del unipartidismo: algo tan simple como el mecanismo mediante el cual es seleccionado el candidato. Es de todos conocido, que el presidente saliente desempeña un papel importante, pero no siempre tiene todos los elementos para que su opinión sea definitiva. En el presente artículo se abordan algunos de estos aspectos; de igual manera se hace un esbozo particular de cada uno de los relevos presidenciales en el siglo XX y principios de la actual centuria.

The Mexican phenomenon is quite singular. It derives from the Mexican political system, the single party structure, and from something so simple as the mechanism by which the candidate is being selected. It is generally well known that the outgoing president plays an important role but not always having all the elements by which his opinion could be definitive. Therefore, in the present article some of these aspects are considered, as well as a particular outline of each of the presidential takeover that took place in the XX century and at the beginning of the present one. Some anecdotic comments where recalled for a better illustration.