AMLO thanks Deputies for approving the stay of the army in the streets of Mexico until 2028

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador thanked the federal deputies, as well as the Secretary of the Interior, Adan Augusto López, for approving the permanence of the armed forces in the streets of Mexico until 2028 to carry out public security tasks.

During the morning press conference on Thursday, the president took the opportunity to defend his reform and said that it strengthens the National Guard and does not mean militarizing the country.

“It is not militarizing, that they do not want authoritarians now to pass as human rights defenders. What did they use (the military) to repress, without a constitutional basis, they illegally used the Army, the Navy for security tasks and without respect for human rights, ”said the president.

“I take this opportunity to thank the legislators because it has already been possible for the National Guard to be supported by the Secretary of National Defense and the Secretary of the Navy, to continue to be supported and to strengthen the National Guard,” he added.

On Wednesday night, the plenary session of the Chamber of Deputies approved, by a qualified majority, the opinion to the minute that modifies the Fifth Transitory article of the decree that reforms various provisions of the Political Constitution, regarding the National Guard, to extend the tasks army security guards on the streets until 2028.

In a face-to-face session, after being approved in general and in particular with a qualified majority of 339 votes in favor, 155 against and two abstentions, the draft decree was sent to the state legislatures and to the City Congress. of Mexico, for the purposes of article 135 of the Constitution.

(With information from Maritza Pérez)