MEXICO CITY, April 25 (UPI) -- Speaking before a march of more than one million supporters, Mexico City Mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador indicated what his presidency might look like.
"The proposal we have is to establish in our country a state of well-being, a state of equality and fraternity, in which the poor, the weak and the forgotten find protection against economic uncertainties, social inequalities," Lopez Obrador said.
"There are sufficient resources in spite of what they have taken from us for more than five centuries ... that well-administrated can provide security to all Mexicans, from the cradle to the grave," he added
El Universal reported the mayor, who is facing contempt of court criminal charges, might be barred from the 2006 presidential race although polls show he is currently the most popular candidate.
Lopez Obrador added he did not plan to return Mexico to "statism," but he implied he remains skeptical of some of the free-trade policies instituted by recent Mexican presidents.
He said he did not advocate, "a submissive acceptance of neo-liberal policies that are ineffective and dehumanizing."
