Mexico City.- The head of the Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, Rosa Icela Rodríguez reported this Tuesday that the National Guard will guarantee that these next elections are carried out in a context of peace, since they will seek to provide protection to candidates and candidates for popular election positions.
This was stated by the official during the installation of the Protection and Security Strategy in the Electoral Context 2022, where he recognized that this strategy is based on the fear that organized crime usually implements in various parts of the country.
“The presence of the National Guard for preventive and dissuasive purposes and in full respect for human rights, because the National Guard is always on guard for democracy, all this in coordination with the federal entities, with the state governments, our commitment is that this permanent Table reviews and follows up on the cases and incidents detected in the Peace and Security Tables”he mentioned.
Regarding the support that will be given, Rosa Icela Rodríguez Velázquez said that the mission is to sanction political violence and protect candidates and aspirants.
He explained that among the tasks are the training on actions to be followed by civil servants of the municipal, state and federal order that converge in the Peace Tables, as well as the orientation on security of people who compete in positions of popular election.
In addition, there is the link with candidates who so decide; 24-hour follow-up of relevant cases; protection to those who will compete for a governorship.
For his part, the Secretary of Governor, Adam Augusto López Hernández He stressed that those in charge of this year comply with the constitutional and legal obligation to guarantee peaceful elections and that every day the processes of democratic participation are perfected.
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He added that it is valid that there are different points of view of a democratic nature between institutions, however, he pointed out that all this must be put before respect and for this reason he stressed that this year will be historic since it will be the first time that a popular consultation is organized revocation of mandate.
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