President Andrew Manuel Lopez Obrador sent a strong message to Ricardo Monrealcoordinator of Morena in the Senate of the Republic, for his behaviour of the last few weeks in the Upper House.
In Zacatecas, the state from which Monreal Ávila is from, the Mexican president said that with his position the legislator endorses “the falsehood, hypocrisy and politicking” of the conservatives.
It is his freedom (of Ricardo Monreal), I certainly do not agree with his position, because he is endorsing the falsehood, hypocrisy and politicking of Mexico’s conservatism, but we are free, “he said.
The Senate of the Republic approved in the early hours of Friday the initiative so that the National Guard depends on the Secretary of National Defense.
In general, the Plenary Session of the Senate of the Republic endorsed the project with 71 votes in favor, 51 once morest and one abstention. In particular, it was approved with 69 votes in favor, 50 once morest and two abstentions. However, Monreal Ávila was the only one of the Morena senators who abstained from voting for President López Obrador’s initiative, which has generated controversy.
In addition, he has been harshly criticized by the legislators of his party following what happened in the Plenary Meeting of Morena in the Senate, which was snubbed by all the secretaries of the Federal Security Cabinet, and which was interpreted as a message from the Mexican president.
In this regard, Ricardo Monreal said in an interview with Joaquin Lopez-Doriga A few days ago this action by the secretaries in charge of the country’s security had the political and media purpose of making it look weak
“Obviously he did not attribute this fact to chance, it would be naive to think that, but I understand the political moment and obviously the strategy of emptying or not attending, or making a vacuum in the Plenary had a political and media purpose: to establish and point out to a weak president of the Board and without dialogue, a president of the Board, as leader of Morena, who does not accept invitations to deliberate”, he asserted.
With information from López-Dóriga Digital