Este es un ensayo sobre la necesidad y viabilidad de una candidatura independiente en la pr#65533;xima elecci#65533;n presidencial mexicana, que se llevar#65533; a cabo en 2018. Su objetivo es difundir tal propuesta, que se basa en un diagn#65533;stico y una agenda, propiciar su discusi#65533;n con la sociedad y sensibilizar a los posibles candidatos independientes de su coherencia y pertinencia. El punto de partida y de llegada de este esfuerzo es simple: el presidente Pe#65533;a Nieto desperdici#65533; una oportunidad magn#65533;fica; junto con el hartazgo acumulado, provoc#65533; una reacci#65533;n de despecho y rechazo in#65533;ditos hacia la clase pol#65533;tica. De esa indignaci#65533;n emana una agenda ciudadana, distinta de la agenda de los partidos, a la que solo puede abanderar una candidatura independiente, y que solo puede poner en pr#65533;ctica un gobierno amplio, plural e independiente, producto de la victoria de esa candidatura. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A work that proposes a civic agenda for Mexico based on combating impunity, corruption, and the violation of civil rights; on the reform of political parties and representation; and on the defense of minorities and of the wretched majority composed by consumers. In Only Thus: Towards an Independent Civic Agenda, Jorge Casta#65533;eda proposes a critical reflection focused on the themes that are fundamental to carrying out the political changes that Mexico needs. In Mexico today, the system urgently needs an independent candidate for president, one outside the system; outside the party politics; untangled in the web of complicity, corruption, or acceptance of corruption; removed from the omissions and commissions in matters of human rights; and outside the open or tacit acceptance of impunity. An advancement that at once represents an imperative to grow, distribute, educate, and protect. Jorge Casta#65533;eda suggests a civic agenda devoted to these topics because, unlike fundamental goals like growth, reducing inequality, and combating poverty and violence, which political parties all take on and try to reach, only an independent candidate to the presidency can take ownership of these other demands and concentrate on achieving them, especially now, while facing the evident and unprecedented national rejection of the political class.