Mexico City.- Ricardo Monreal, coordinator of the Morena deputies, assured that in view of the inauguration of Claudia Sheinbaum, the Mexican State has everything under control.
Asked whether the violence that occurred over the weekend raised red flags ahead of the ceremony to mark the transition of power on October 1, the legislator said that this is normal during times of political alternations or transitions.
However, he assured that everything is controlled by the Mexican State, and that the violence will not go beyond what has happened so far. “Everything is under the control of the Mexican State. There are always these kinds of events when political alternations or transitions are about to occur, such as the one we are experiencing; there are always these kinds of events, but they are controlled by the Mexican State and will not go beyond what we have seen so far,” he said.
Monreal called for calm, saying he was certain that with Sheinbaum’s arrival to the Presidency of the Republic, the conditions would be created to restore peace and tranquility.
He said that this task will be accompanied by the National Guard, which after the reform that must be approved by the Senate and 17 state Congresses, will be attached to the Sedena. “We are going to remain calm and I am sure that the arrival of President Claudia Sheinbaum, with her plan of 150 days, of 100 days, will generate conditions for the recovery of peace and tranquility and we are all going to help her, now that we are granting the National Guard powers and, in addition, placing it in a regime of discipline and operation under the command of the Sedena due to the capacity and training in common and federal crimes,” he said. The legislator assured that the National Guard has sufficient elements and asked people to remain calm, because neither the Government nor the majority in San Lázaro will give in on this issue. Monreal rejected the idea that the security measures that were installed around the San Lázaro legislative palace last Saturday will be reinforced, which consist of installing filters in the surrounding streets and, in some cases, closing them completely. He reiterated that the security operation is to provide security to those attending the swearing-in ceremony and assured that they will be respectful of the expressions of groups of dissidents. “There will be those who express themselves starting tomorrow, the day after, all week, and they will take advantage of October 1st to also express their dissatisfaction or their protest and we will be careful that this right is respected, that the colleagues who do not agree with each other express themselves,” he said. The parliamentary coordinator refused to comment on the contrast between the attitude of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who ruled out proceeding against the person who threw a bottle at him yesterday, and Gerardo Fernández Noroña, who denounced his alleged aggressor through the Senate. However, he agreed that it is not fair to have such a sensitive skin and ego. “I do not mess with Noroña,” he said. Monreal also referred to the election of Andrés López Beltrán as Secretary of Organization of Morena. He pointed out that the president’s son has the right to be part of the party he sees fit and rejected that it is nepotism, because in addition to the fact that his father is already retiring from politics, he was elected democratically. Regarding the electoral process of the Judicial Branch, whose organization began this Monday, Monreal assured that they trust the INE because it has the necessary operating capacity to carry out the election. “That does not worry me. We have a professional electoral body, with capacity and professional staff,” he said. He indicated that tomorrow the plenary session of San Lázaro will address the reform to article 123 of the Constitution, which establishes that increases to the minimum wage cannot be below inflation. For the session on Thursday, he added, they will vote on the reform that elevates the program Jóvenes Construyendo el Futuro to constitutional rank. He said that among the constitutional reforms they plan to address before the budget debate are the three reforms in social policy that are part of the campaign promises of the president-elect, Claudia Sheinbaum: support for women aged 60 to 64, universal scholarships for students in public schools and health insurance for seniors. “All of this will be part of the process that we will have in this session period, our intention is that, per week, we will be reviewing at least two reforms from the package of 18, to conclude in the next months, October or November, before the budget,” he said.
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