Indeed, the President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) like any person in this world, can perform an act of mercy and forgive to anyone who harms him; however, AMLO is the owner of Executive power and must respect the theory of Checks and Balances, Weights and Counterweightswho hold a democracy. In Mexico there is a regulatory framework through which a person who breaks the laws must appear before a court. Judgeto be this last person or group of people, in the case of Courts Members, the one or those who decide whether the infraction is a crime, and if they consider that this is indeed what it is, sentence the now offender to repair the damage or serve a custodial sentence.
We will not go into explaining why the humanity has decided that a person who affects social well-being should be removed from society to be confined in a rehabilitation center, much less if these centers are truly rehabilitation centers. I assume that whoever reads these lines understands perfectly why a offender He must be confined and separated from the people.
However the judicial system, which is responsible for enforcing the laws and sentencing a criminal, is about to change. On April 17 of this year, the Senate of the Republicwith 67 votes from the bench of Brunette and 32 votes against,tried a reform who intends that the head of the Federal Executive can grant forgiveness to any sentenced personeither against whom criminal action has been taken either is in process. The serious thing about the reform is that it indicates that the head of the Federal Executive, the Constitutional President of our country, will be able to directly exercise the power pardonwithout undergoing any procedure.
With this, the Executive Branch is placed above the Judicial Branch of the Federationbecause it does not matter whether a person close to the Executive or not, family or not of the Executive, guilty of the crime or not, sentenced for any crime, be it femicide, rape, murder, kidnapping, huachicol, human trafficking, or the slightest that You think, the President can pardon the accused or convicted and set him free.
It is a very dangerous step for our democracy, a little more than 100 years ago we had a dictator who governed us for more than 30 years: then, we replaced him with a single party, a perfect dictatorship, which committed innumerable acts of corruption, since the presidential office gave a kind of halo that He was the maximum figure in our country; Later, we transitioned to democracy, which has given us the government we currently have with almost total hegemony of one party. We may or may not agree, but handing power to one person brings us closer to one-person rule.
According to the theory of Political Science, we are heading towards an authoritarian regime.
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