President Andrés Manuel López Obrador appealed on 31 March for “a month’s truce” with his political adversaries, who he accused of being intent on sowing divisions and deepening polarisation in Mexico. The truce would last for the duration of the health emergency his government declared a day earlier in the face of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, which includes a suspension of non-essential economic activities for the whole of April. López Obrador’s appeal for national unity to prevail over political rivalries comes after opinion polls noted a sharp fall in his popularity which they attributed to his handling of the Covid-19 crisis.End of preview - This article contains approximately 1135 words.
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