By Fidel Perez/Correspondent
Veracruz.- The first debate of the candidates for governor of Veracruz began this afternoon, amid accusations, rudeness and requests from the Public Local Electoral Organization (OPLE) for the candidates to “calm the emotions” of their supporters.
In the Anthropological Museum of Xalapa, civil movement candidate, Hipólito Deschamps Espino Barros; Rocío Nahle García, from the Let’s Keep Making History coalition in Veracruz; and the Fuerza y Corazon por Veracruz coalition, charged with corruption on behalf of José Yunes Zorrilla.
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José Yunes, standard bearer of the PRI, PAN and PRD, initiated the accusations during the first block by mentioning “the mansions the Zacatecan woman could not articulate” in reference to Rocío Nahle García.
He accused Morenista, whom he referred to as “Zacatecas” during the debate, of being the candidate with the most complaints for alleged illegal enrichment: “Would you trust him with the government.”
In response, Morenista accused the PRI of double standards when it said Yunes owned 12 properties in Xalapa and Coatepec, and revealed that former governor Javier Duarte had paid him for a residence in Pedregal.
While Hipólito Deschamps alleged that both Rocío Nahle and José Yunes are candidates of former governor Javier Duarte.
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Deschamps Espino Barros showed Javier Duarte’s tweets where he talks about both candidates and he also took the liberty of calling Morenoista “auntie”.
Yunes then pointed to Nahle’s Zacatecan origins, an argument he had used during his campaign against the Morenistas.
The former federal energy secretary responded to the attack by accusing Younes of discriminating against immigrants, saying that since arriving at the entity more than 30 years ago he has dedicated himself only to work, helping the state. Contributed to the economy of Mexico, and concluded: “A woman from Veracruz is born where she wants to be.
Yunes retorted and maintained that the problem was not his Zacatecan origins, but his lack of knowledge about Veracruz, and recalled that “he confuses Tlapacoyan with Tlalixcoyan,” adding that “the Without knowing geography, he cannot talk about social development.”,
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