Puebla Levitical or Patriarchal?
Diego Martin Velazquez Caballero
Although the Mario Marín case left an indelible mark on Puebla's political culture, it is still terrifying to find that his strength goes beyond the political network he formed and is related to deeply rooted values in the social imaginary of Puebla. Poblano and Marinista are almost synonymous. Perhaps this is why the head of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat), María Luisa Albores, decides not to participate in the partisan contest that formalizes MORENA's candidacy for state government.
It is true that factionalism makes political cliques sterile and volatile in an authoritarian environment such as Puebla, but marinismo is unmatched in force. It is incredible that it causes more spasms that a woman has real possibilities, also legal as an unavoidable historical adjustment, for most of the political and business class to be linked to and have collaborated with the Governor of Puebla.
Feminist progressivism is difficult to understand, but what can be done in the face of a reality of gender violence as extreme as the one in Puebla. The social indicators are there and they are the absolute truth.
The possibility of a state government headed by a woman caused a furious reaction from the media, religious, businessmen, politicians and, mainly, converted morenistas. Political turncoat in factionalism is entrepreneurship, pragmatic leadership. And, for this reason, Rafael Moreno Valle assumed that Puebla could only be governed as Avilacamachismo did, although with the same costs.
Faced with characters such as Ignacio Mier and Alejandro Armenta, most of the political, economic and social structures have been articulated that seek to remain in force in the economic exercise of the next six-year term. The possibilities of a different candidacy, due to gender, legal and legitimate issues, present a high cost not only for MORENA but also for the interests of the cliques and factions that always know how to accommodate the highest bidder, including opportunist feminism as Rubí described it. Soriano.
Authentic feminism, whatever this means, as well as Morenista purism, must carry out a demanding exercise in self-criticism. Pragmatism implies the assumption of capital sins and diabolical commitments that lead to situations of vulnerability. The alternation in Puebla has lavished meager results because it lacks authentic work and capacity. Marinism survived thanks to pragmatism, and it will persist for several more years even if conditions are not favorable, but this is the meaning of Mexican politics, to survive and not crash, as happened to Morenovallismo. The limits imposed on a character like María Luisa Albores are due to this levitical and primitive sense of local politics; she is not her person, but what she represents