MEXICO CITY.—The Catholic Citizenship and Social Analysis Observatoryof the National Council of the Laitypresented the document: “Start Review of Claudia Sheinbaum‘s First Speech as Constitutional President of Mexico“.
Questions
- What did the President of the Republic say and what did she not say in her initial speech?
- Did his word express a new promise of courage that restores hope
to millions of Mexicans?
- What message did you want to position clearly and why?
- Blind continuity or with nuances of the so-called Fourth Transformation?
Facts
In recounting the events, the document describes as “great political significance” the “Inauguration of Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo as the first female holder of the Presidency of the Republic.”
He also points out that “It is time for women” and highlights that there is “Woman in the Presidency of the Republic, Claudia Sheinbaum, in the Presidency of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, Norma Piña, in the Presidency of the Congress of the Union, Ifigenia Martínez, in the Presidency of the INE, Guadalupe Taddei, in the Presidency of the Electoral Tribunal of the Judicial Branch of the Federation, Mónica Soto.”
He comments that, “Ifigenia Martínez, who was extremely delicate due to her illness and her age, 94 years, died 4 days after presiding over Sheinbaum’s presidential inauguration ceremony.”
Despite the fact that women head the main republican institutions in Mexico, the Observatory assures that, “The important thing, beyond putting emphasis on a supposed neo-national political matriarchy, is that this leadership (with the exception of Norma Piña) is really directed by the authoritarianism of a kind of political chief-patriarch and that is the reality.”
“It is worth trying to see if the new president of the Nation offers a course for the country that distinguishes her from her predecessor. At the outset, it is necessary to point out that, due to the political context, in which López Obrador dominates the new president’s Cabinet, just as he dominates the chambers of Congress and the governors of MORENA and the
same ruling party, it is difficult to note any significant separation between both characters at this time,” the document adds.
The Analysis reiterates that, “Claudia Sheinbaum is the main beneficiary of the new policy established by López Obrador, which led her to win the presidential succession illegally, but which the opposition did not even manage to question, since Sheinbaum initiated, contrary to as established by law, a political campaign
anticipated from 2021″. It also mentions “serious additional illegalities” such as “using resources from the federal and state governments, as well as various public institutions.”
It also mentions “the clear absence of international political leaders
of first level” at the inauguration of Claudia Sheinbaum, “except for the
presidents of Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Guatemala and Honduras.”
Opening speech
From the speech given by Claudia Sheinbaum at the beginning of her mandate, the Observatory considered five aspects:
- Full coincidence with the López Obrador Nation Project; Claudia Sheinbaum’s complete willingness to continue the so-called Plan C, that is, the reconstruction of the Authoritarian State in Mexico, and the demolition of the institutions erected in the period of the Democratic Transition.
- It does not question the de facto conclusion of the plurality of Congress, nor ending the Independence of the Judiciary, as well as occupying state powers, as well as the use of public resources and the alliance with organized crime.
- It is also fully in tune with the militarization of Public Security, with the approval of the transfer of the National Guard to SEDENA,
as well as the destruction of several constitutional organs of the State,
that guaranteed citizen rights. - Coincidence with the project to reconstruct the Authoritarian State by strengthening a system in which the Presidency
of the Republic dominates the legislative and judicial powers, as well as the governorships of the States, through the control of institutions and electoral processes, added with militarization
and corruption. - As a novel aspect, Sheinbaum Pardo proposed not re-election in any public office, and returning to the old PRI system of circulation of positions and positions. That is, making elective positions dependent on the traditional pigeonholing of the Federal Executive Branch.
In economic and social matters
Claudia Sheinbaum promised to maintain the supposed mixed economy
and the nationalist tradition in the energy sector, as well as continuing with reckless passenger train projects, and concluding López Obrador’s mega works.
There is no plan to rescue Pemex and restrictive policies on private investment in CFE will continue.
It is not clear how the Public Finance crisis will be faced without fiscal reform, which will imply greater public debt and more austerity.
In social matters, two aspects and commitments stand out:
One, extend the number of beneficiaries of social programs of direct delivery of money, as well as guarantee annual increases to all types of already existing pensions and, two, constantly increase minimum wages, as well as double the bonus and reduce the working day, for ideological reasons and political expediency
government’s electoral campaign, without considering the real impacts on companies and the economy in general.
Some changes
Sheinbaum Pardo does seem to bring some changes.
He has not expressed hatred or personal resentment towards figures in journalism, intellectuals or other media such as academia or the ecclesiastical.
He has also expressed, although very timidly, the possibilities of dialogue with the opposition, or with civil and business sectors.
But it is striking that he has not raised a proposal for National Unity.
Analysis
In its analysis, the Observatory points out that there are some sectors that think that the new president of the Republic will evolve and, in due course, distance herself from the government that just ended. That thinking is a mistake.
He adds that it must be assumed that a New Authoritarian State Regime is being built that has a corrupt political class with which they have illegally achieved the majority in Congress.
It also highlights “the dark alliances with organized crime in practically the entire national territory.”
Structurally, significant changes that would be urgent in the education and public health sectors cannot be expected, the analysis says.
It also adds that its own profile has been defined in some issues and sectors, for example, the expression, with primacy and privilege, of a radical left-wing feminist ideology, which could imply in the very near future, among other things, important legislative reforms, such as the right to abortion at the national level, expressed or outlined as women’s reproductive rights, a topic of profound
controversy with the Catholic (77.7%) and evangelical (11.2%) majority of the Mexican population.
The second ideological profile that the Observatory adds, expressed in the
speech and proposals for legislative reform, is a socialist bias in the workplace, such as proposing an increase in the minimum wage, doubling bonuses and increasing vacations, which have a clear electoral ideological meaning.
As a third aspect, he points out, “an exacerbated nationalism” supported by a
indigenism that denies half of our history, our roots and our culture, which serves to ignite patriotic spirits in the least educated sectors of the country.
“These absurdities show, painfully and shamefully, the cultural poverty that comes from the previous government and spreads without end and
eat the one who is beginning, since such demands are displayed to the world as raw material for Mexico’s Foreign Relations and the sustenance of the New Mexican Diplomacy,” says the Analysis.
And he adds, “As a corollary, it is worth noting that general criticism has considered very unfortunate the praise and praise used to exalt the figure of López Obrador, calling him “the best president of Mexico,” thus advancing the unfading and imperishable judgment of History.” .
To conclude, the document assures that, “Deep down, the presidency of Claudia Sheinbaum is not based on the power of the institutions, which
“It itself is contributing to weakening more than what was already done in the past six-year term, but rather it has its basis in the personal political support granted and dispensed by the strong national leadership of the former president and the popular base that undeniably supports him.”
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