Ricardo Anaya, former presidential candidate, accused current president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) of manipulating the media agenda to cover up the crisis of insecurity in the country.
Through a video on his Twitter account, the activist of National Action (PAN) said that the president's insistence on reforming the Institute National Electoral (INE) is to avoid being held accountable for the violence that has hit states such as Colima, Zacatecas or Michoacán.
According to figures from the Executive Secretariat of the National System, the country recorded 6,524 homicides (3,966 as malicious persons) during the first two months of 2022, being Michoacán, Guanajuato, Baja California, State of Mexico, Jalisco and Chihuahua are the entities that account for 50% of cases - the latter according to the Ministry of Citizen Security and Protection (SSPC).
In this sense, and stating that the Morenista administration has totaled more than 100,000 intentional homicides, Anaya compared the number of deaths in the six-year period with that recorded in Ukraine following the invasion suffered a little over a month ago by Russia.
According to the blue and white explanation, the number of civilians killed that the European nation has accumulated so far in the conflict is equivalent to what Mexico records every 12 days: “It is very clear that López Obrador doesn't care about your safety, he only cares about his popularity,” he said.
However, the politician projected that this scenario could get “worse and worse”, because, even though insecurity has lasted for several years, López Obrador “doesn't take massacres seriously; he doesn't understand the issue, and he washes his hands instead of acting,” he argued.
This, in reference to the statement that the Tabasqueño issued on March 28 after the massacre of 20 people in Zinapécuaro, Michoacán, when he said that it resulted from a confrontation between two rival groups, an argument that, a couple of days later, he argued by stating that 75 per cent of intentional homicides are linked to organized crime.
In this way - and as is customary in her weekly installments - Anaya Cortés listed a series of proposals to address the problems mentioned, including a reform of the justice system through sufficient investment of resources “with honesty and accountability”.
On March 29, López Obrador said that, once the citizen consultation on Mandate Revocation has been held, his administration will present an Electoral Reform proposal that, among other objectives, will propose that citizens choose electoral councillors and magistrates.
“It's over or I hope the cupular agreements are over, contrary to the interests of the people,” he said in his morning.
On the same day, Mario Delgado, president of Moreno Nacional Regeneration (Morena), confirmed that the cherry party will promote this Reform with the aim of placing authorities “at the height of citizenship” and “promoting democratic advancement in Mexico”.
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