The field military arouses increasing public interest at the same time it seems that it is known in depth less and less. The tasks they have assumed in these years, especially the Defending and the Mexican Army have been numerous, they have led to a strong public exposure that has not been accompanied by a deeper knowledge of the institution itself and by understanding a central chapter: the armed forcesand in this particular case the Defending and the armythey are not six-year institutions.
They are perhaps the only state entity with a presence throughout the country whose dependence on sexennial changes is less. There may be presidential alternations and changes every six years, but the military institution endures beyond specific commands. And his commitment to democratic institutions and his loyalty to the Constitution.
That is also why playing six-year politics with and within the armed forces It is usually a mistake that weakens the institution and those who run those games. According to the highest level military sources, it has caused deep confusion that in recent weeks there has been insistence on the succession of the defense secretary in the next six-year term as if this were a process of selecting a candidate for a popularly elected position and where even the general secretary himself would have taken a position.
He Secretary of Defense, General Luis Cresencio Sandoval In his communications with other commanders and especially with zone commanders, he has insisted that there is no internal succession game, that he has not and will not make decisions in that regard and that he will do the same as his last two predecessors did: he will put disposition of whoever wins the electionsthe folders with the names and stories of the 27 current major generalsso that whoever takes over the government on October 1st decides who will succeed him in military command.
There is a conviction that political games harm the institution and the protagonists themselves. The internal divisions that occurred in 2014 in the succession of the General Guillermo Galvánin a process that ended with the designation of the General Salvador Cienfuegos.
The order that General Sandoval transmitted is that he does not want leaks, personal promotions, nor that the heads of military zones or regions meet with people from the political teams, at the local or federal level, of the different candidates, both presidential and others. levels.
There is even confusion and annoyance in the leadership for two reasons: first, because at least three governors of Morena approached the candidate Claudia Sheinbaum to “propose” names of future Secretaries of Defense, which was not well received even by the military commanders or the candidate.
And even more confusion was generated by speculation about the possibility that General Sandoval would remain in that responsibility in the next six-year term. It is a version without any basis, on the contrary, it is implausible because it would break the process of natural, generational mobility of the armed forces themselves. It is another version that damages and does not benefit the military institution at all.
What is key is to have clarity about the lines of continuity that the Defense and the army must have for the next six-year term, whoever of the two candidates wins. The army today is very different from that of six years ago, in its structure, in its responsibilities, in its exposure and public weight. Surely many things will have to change, but in the main lines (guaranteeing public security, at this juncture especially internal and national security, advancing its restructuring and modernization) it must have continuity and must be understood as a substantial part of a global redesign of many aspects of the country's security and defense.
There are things that will surely have to be redefined, such as salaries, pension support, the equipment itself derived from the transformations and responsibilities of the sector, which must have advances and transformations according to the times and demands. It is ridiculous, but while everyone agrees that the greatest risk for the country is insecurity, Mexico invests in security and defense, as a percentage of GDP, the smallest amount of all the nations in America, only above Guatemala. Countries like Colombia, Argentina, Chile, and Brazil invest three times more in security and defense than Mexico. That will be one of the great challenges that whoever becomes president and therefore the National Defense will have to assume.
You should not play politics in these areas, nor should you partisan the relationship with the only institution that can transcend the six-year term by maintaining structures, programs, training, strategic projects throughout the national territory based on its own generational movements. institution.
According to our sources, these political movements are being followed very closely by the leadership itself and it has been insisted that people not participate in them at the federal level or at the local level, that they do not enter into the typical partisan game of successions in the government, maintaining the conviction that the cards will be open with all active major generals so that whoever becomes president of the republic on October 1st makes the decision of who will be in charge of National Defense.
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