The senator of Nuevo León, for the Movimiento Ciudadano party, Indira Kempis, announced her intention to stand for her party’s candidacy for the presidential elections in Mexico, to be held on June 2, 2024. Indira Kempis is one of the first politicians of the opposition to openly seek the presidential candidacy.
The senator from Nuevo León maintained that it is a “historic” moment for women in the next presidential election in Mexico. Indira Kempis is not the only candidate for a presidential candidacy, since she (if she were a candidate) would compete against Claudia Sheinbaum of the Morena party (same party as President Andrés Manuel López Obrador) and the other candidate for the Broad Front, Xóchitl Gálvez.
Senator Indira Kempis receives the support of the Bitcoin community
Although she has not yet mentioned her position on the financial system or financial inclusion alternatives, Senator Indira Kempis explained in her X account that Bitcoin is a new tool for a “new exercise” of power, where people can transfer value without intermediaries, or without the help of politicians.
The senator announced her intention to run for the presidential candidacy of Movimiento Ciudadano in a recent interview with the Spanish newspaper El País, where she assured that “there will be three women” who will face each other in the next presidential elections. For the senator, gender will be a differentiator in the next election.
Since her public announcement, the senator from Nuevo León has received the support of the Bitcoiner community, who believe that the contest with a pro-Bitcoin candidate is becoming “very interesting”, and others have highlighted that she has been the only promoter of the adoption of Bitcoin. BTC and blockchain technology, and others agreed that if they were a candidate there would be “more actions” to create Web 3.0 in Mexico.
Jan3 from Samson Mow had this to say:
“Nuevo León senator and fellow bitcoiner @IndiraKempis announced their willingness to run for president in the 2024 Mexico elections! Do you think he will incorporate #Bitcoin into the campaign agenda?”
Recently, the bitcoiner NGO “Mi Primer Bitcoin” from El Salvador, started its first “Bitcoin Course”. It happened at Preparatory School No. 20, located in the municipality of Santiago, in Nuevo León, Mexico. The educational day was carried out together with the senator of Indira Kempis.
Indira Kempis and her history of supporting Bitcoin
In the last year, the senator expressed in public forums such as Talent Land or Bitcoin Conference, her position in favor of legalizing Bitcoin in Mexico. She even expressed her interest in discussing her pro-Bitcoin position with important figures. One of them was the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, about the advantages of implementing BTC in the country.
In the year 2022, Indira Kempis presented her “Initiative with a Draft Decree that reforms the 2nd article of the Monetary Law of the United Mexican States”. In it, she promoted a central bank-issued digital currency (CBDC), while BTC was an initiative, not a law.
By Audy Castañeda
