Mexico president-elect minimizes criticism of lavish wedding

Mexico’s president-elect is pushing back at criticism over the lavish wedding of one of his closest advisers.

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says the wedding was not a government event but rather a private, social one.

Cesar Yanez has worked with Lopez Obrador for more than 20 years. His wedding to Dulce Silva, from a wealthy business family, recently landed on the cover of society magazine Hola! Lopez Obrador also attended and his photograph made the magazine.

The criticism came because the famously ascetic president-elect has prescribed a policy of government austerity for Mexico after he takes office Dec. 1.

Lopez Obrador said Thursday that his opponents “are looking for any possible mistake to criticize us.”