On his tours, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador received requests directly from citizens. In March 2019, the newspaper Eje Central reported: “Las peticiones a López Obrador a veces llegan a gritos, en cartas” (Petitions to López Obrador sometimes arrive shouted, or in letters). “Estos voluntarios van recibiendo sobres, recados y cartulinas” (These volunteers collect envelopes, notes and posters).
Before he took office, his transition team had already received “29,499 documentos con peticiones de la ciudadanía” (29,499 documents with citizens’ petitions), Expansión reported in December 2018.