Mexican Congress begins discussing AMLO’s constitutional reforms

The Congress of Mexico The debate on the ambitious package of constitutional reforms presented by the president began this Wednesday, Andrés Manuel López Obradoron February 5th with a series of forums that will continue until April 15th.

“This Wednesday, the Political Coordination (Jucopo) of the Chamber of Deputies inaugurated the ‘National Dialogue Forums’. Join the debate on reforms for freedom, well-being, justice and democracy’, on Legislative Palace of San Lázaro“Congress said in a statement.

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Marcela Guerra Castillochairman of the board of directors of Chamber of Deputies and belonging to Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), stated that it is about launching a process characterized by tolerance and the broadest availability to listen and weigh the different opinions to be discussed.

Meanwhile, the deputy Jorge Romero Herrera of National Action Party (PAN), recognized the desire that exists in the Chamber of Deputies and on the part of all parliamentary groups to discuss reforms that are extremely important for the country.

Furthermore, he said that they will not only talk about the president’s initiatives, but will also delve deeper into the initiatives that are important for the remaining parliamentary groups.

For your part, Ignacio Mier Velascogovernor coordinator National Regeneration Movement (Morena) said that they try to promote “an open, frank, direct and explicit dialogue, without giving up convictions and values”.

Braulio López, opposition deputy Citizen movementclarified that his parliamentary group has always been willing to deliberate seriously and argue on any issue on the national agenda.

“This is why we will not lend ourselves to dialogues that we consider simulation dialogues.“, he indicated when criticizing that López Obrador presented the initiatives four months before the elections and seven months after a new Government.

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The forums will feature the participation of representatives from the Senate, local congresses and ordinary committees of the Chamber of Deputies.

On February 5, López Obrador sent his last 20 reforms to the Constitution to Congress, in which he always intends to increase the minimum wage above inflation; elect magistrates and electoral counselors, as well as judges and ministers of the Federal Supreme Court by popular vote.

Likewise, it seeks to increase pensions up to the average salary established by the formal workers; to eliminate autonomous bodieshe animal abuse and prohibit vaporizers and other chemical drugs, such as fentanylamong others.

Source: Elcomercio

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