Without accepting any of the 86 reservations presented for the opposition, Morena, PT and PVEM in the Chamber of Deputiesthey completed the reform what prevents judges from granting protection with general effects and cancels your power to grant suspensions in exceptional cases.
During the seven hours of discussionlegislators of the PAN, PRI, PRD and MC They warned that the reform is a setback in matters of justiceof human rights and of defense of the population to protect themselvesso they will appeal to the Supreme Court to challenge it.
This initiative puts us one step away from tyranny where Mexicans cannot defend themselves from arbitrary acts of authority or laws that harm our rights,” criticized PRI member Francisco Javier Huacus.
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After approve the opinionwhat the federal executive will passthe plenary session began the discussion on the changes to the Amnesty Lawwhat was generally approved with 258 votes in favor, 205 against and one abstention.
This reform allows the Presidentfree automatically and discretionally to people who are under trial or sentenced.
With this reform you are trying to give him powers that are not established in the Constitution. They intend to eliminate all counterweights to the application of justice and forgive kidnappers, rapists, drug traffickers,” accused PAN member Rocío Esmeralda Reza.
Until a few hours ago, the 71 reservations presented by the oppositionalthough none had been accepted by Morena.
THEY REMOVE JUDGES’ POWER TO SUSPEND LAWS
After seven hours of discussionwith the vote in favor of the majority of Morena, PT and Green Ecologist Partywas approved in the Chamber of Deputies the reform of the Amparo Lawwhich prevents judges from suspending the application of laws and granting provisional suspensions with general effects.
Morena and its allies prevailed over their opponents, who warned that this reform is a setback in terms of justice, which is why they warned that they will resort to the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) to challenge it. There were 258 votes in favor, from Morena, PT and the Green Ecologist Party, and 213 from the opposition, PAN, PRI, PRD andCitizen movement. For the particular discussion, 86 reservations were submitted; None was approved and the reform was endorsed in particular, with 254 votes from the ruling bloc in favor, 204 against and zero abstentions.
In an intense debate, legislators from the PAN, PRI, PRD and MC warned that initiative of Senator Ricardo Monrealof Morenaes unconstitutionalby representing a setback in human rights and the defense of the population to protect themselves.
When substantiating the opinion, the deputy of Morena and secretary of the Justice Commission, Adriana Bustamante Castellanos stated that these changes seek to regulate the arbitrary use of this precautionary measure and asked the population not to believe the opposition about the loss of this legal resource.
The project presented today does not seek to limit or reduce or restrict the protective and guaranteeing effect of the amparo trial, precisely because the amparo trial is the most effective and protective resource that citizens have to defend themselves against acts of the authority that he considers excessive or arbitrary,” he noted.
He coordinator of the PRD deputies, Francisco Javier Huacuswho presented a suspensive motion that was rejected, warned that the initiative is “a step towards tyranny.”
Maria Fernanda Felix Fregoso, of MCaccused the official legislators of being lackeys of the chief executive and supporting a reform that puts the division of Powers at risk, in addition to alerting the population that they will not be able to protect themselves from the lack of medicines or not being able to receive their pensions with the recent reform for the creation of the Welfare Pension Fund.
While, Sue Ellen Bernal The Patient, part of PRIassured that, in this six-year term, the Judiciary has resisted the attacks of the Executive.
Without referring directly to Senator Ricardo Monrealthe PRI deputy and president of the Judicial Branch of the State of Durangowith licence, Yolanda de la Torremaintained that the initiative he presented “is a shame for any legislator and even more so if he calls himself ‘constitutionalist’.”
At the end of the debate in particularthe deputy Margarita Zavala, from the PAN, assured that the reform “it is cruel”, hurt the poorest in the countrya statement that raised spirits among the morenistas and petistas, who shouted insults like “murderer” and phrases like “shut up chachalaca.”
After the Board of Directors warned that there would be a recessthe former first lady was finally able to express herself and pointed out the importance of protection, after the recent approval of the reform that creates the Pension Fund for Welfarewhich allows taking money from inactive Afores that were not claimed by workers over 70 years of age.
You don’t like justice, you like revenge, you like revenge, resentment. Their motto should be ‘for the good of Morena, first the wool of the poor,’” he reproached.
*The reform was generally supported with 258 votes in favor, 205 votes against and one abstention.
DEPUTIES ENDORSE THAT THE PRESIDENT CAN GRANT DIRECT AMNESTY
With the majority of Morena, PT and the Green Ecologist Partythe full Chamber of Deputies approved In general that the chief executive can release people that they are under trial or sentenced for any type of crimesautomatically and discretionally.
With 258 votes in favor, one abstention and, on the part of the PAN, PRI, PRD and Citizen Movement, 205 votes against, was approved in general. In the discussion in particular, 71 reservations were registered, without any being approved until the closing of this edition.
The opposition indicated that the President may pardon prisoners who have committed crimes such as homicides, drug trafficking, femicides, extortionskidnappings or disappearance of people, among others.
In the argument, the legislators of the ruling bloc They pointed out that the opinion empowers the head of the Executive “to know the truth in relevant cases” and the same President Andrés Manuel López Obrador He has mentioned on multiple occasions that the reform of the Amnesty Law could be key to resolving cases like that of Ayotzinapa.
In basing the initiative, the deputy Antonio de Jesús Madriz, from Morena, rejected the benefit of criminals. He pointed out that repeat offenders, people who do not request the amnesty and those who do not provide compelling elements to clarify facts will not be beneficiaries of the presidential pardon.
The opposition warned Morena and its allies that they will be corrected again by the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN).
By presenting a suspensive motion, Deputy Rocío Esmeralda Reza, from the PAN, criticized Morena for “forgiving kidnappers, drug traffickers and rapists.”
The vice coordinator of the PRD, Elizabeth Pérez Valdezexpressed that The reform should be called the Ignacio Valle LawIn reference to former director of Mexican Food Safety (Segalmex), who has not had criminal responsibilities for the fraud of nine thousand 500 million pesos in the institution.
Gerardo Sosa, from the PAN, called for not allowing future Presidents to be given “the keys to the prisons”, as they could profit politically and economically with this power, for which he asked to give them a temporary period of up to a decade. What bothered the Morenistas and Petistas was that the opposition legislator reminded them of the famous phrase of Porfirio Muñoz Ledoformer president of the Chamber of Deputies: “Fuck your mother, what a way to legislate.”
Los Morena legislators and allied parties were dissatisfied with the expression of the PAN legislator, whom they called “drone” and “good for nothing.”
In response to the complaints, Sosa Gutiérrez apologized, but justified his statements in light of the constant lack of respect towards the representative Margarita Zavala, whom, during the discussion of the Protection Lawmorenistas and petistas attacked while he was speaking on the platform.
