The reconstruction of Mexican State

 The reconstruction of the Mexican State

Diego Martín Velázquez Caballero

The legislative processes that have generated controversy and irritation in the opposition that claims to characterize Claudia Sheinbaum's government as a dictatorship, imply nothing other than the deconstruction of the State after a neoliberal period that dismantled public institutions. The experience of the changes that removed the pillars of Mexican constitutionalism identified with the Mexican revolution, were more serious than those discussed now, unconstitutional and illegal, authoritarian and dictatorial - as in the case of the 500 murdered PRD members -; but the historical memory of the opposition manipulates the evidence and the process of counter-reforms.

The face of the Mexican revolution began to change since the presidency of Miguel de la Madrid, it was not in the friendly and democratic way that the opponents of the Fourth Transformation now demand. It is true that the parliamentary task requires the protagonism of the PRIANRD, but they should also turn to the actions that they promoted in the reforms that implemented neoliberalism.

The problem of the opposition was to believe that neoliberalism was forever and that, indeed, it represented the end of History. They did not prepare for competitive scenarios and neither did they contribute to the development of the elements that are the pillars of liberal capitalist democracy. They did not change the 1917 constitution, they did not develop a large and buoyant middle class, they did not modernize the productive structure and, above all, they forgot the important task that education implies in the country. They wasted more than thirty-five years. They ruined the integration with North America. Now they only have to pay the consequences.

Revolutionary nationalism and left-wing populist progressivism regain the institutional control of the State that they lost in this long journey. They were patient and constant, the merit lies in not losing hope and trusting in the errors of the neoliberals, who were almost all. The opposition has more responsibility for the survival of Lopezobradorism than the cultural characteristics of Mexican society. In the face of the constitutional change that the country is experiencing, the opposition cannot be fooled, they governed the country in the worst way.

The opposition cannot remain tied to a socioeconomic project that has failed and that they never seriously bet on achieving. The circumstances overwhelm them and they waste time trying to hinder a Fourth Transformation that has vast social support. This is how political power works in Mexico and the legitimate Hegemony is held by Morena.

José Antonio Crespo affirmed that the opposition was returning to the Gomezmorinista Struggle of Eternity, that is, to the study of ideas and the keys to propose another transformation that serves the majority and forgets about importing models that cancel their operation in the country.

Hopefully, the much-discussed reforms will go beyond the script of the silly republics that have characterized Latin America since its independence and invention, and that the law will be something more than just reading and not complying with.

The simony of the Law

 The simony of the Law

Diego Martin Velazquez Caballero

The war against drug trafficking should have started in the public prosecutor's offices and the courts. It has always been known in Mexico that one of the main defects of the social order, and which has worsened exponentially during the neoliberal era, lies in the rule of law. During the last thirty years, the urgency has been established, indispensable to say the least, of a reform of the judiciary that finally allows justice to be established in the country and to abandon so much corruption, genocide and impunity that distinguish a country like Mexico because of the judges who represent the legal system.

Due to the above, it is incomprehensible that the government of Veracruz is attacked with such virulence for trying to correct the conduct of the representatives of the judiciary (state and federal) in that entity. Surely the powers that be and, mainly, the red circle, yearn for a narco-government or for it to be the order of mafia boss servitude, the one that imposes on the citizenry. It is enough to review the impunity rates, the number of cases reconsidered by judges, the sale of legal instruments for the acquittal of powerful criminals -there is not much difference between judges and the ecclesiastical hierarchy- and more elements of the Chicano legal tradition, to understand that the executive head of Veracruz is doing the right thing.

The variables of impunity and rule of law are not minor data when talking about democratic consolidation. They are central elements. At the very moment of the creation of the Federal Electoral Institute and the political alternation in the year 2000, there was talk of the need for transitional justice and zero tolerance for impunity. The advancement of democracy in a significant way depends on this, not only on procedural elections.

The country has delayed legal reform for decades and the consequence has been a situation of impunity, low-intensity warfare, criminality and femicides, which puts us on the brink of a failed state. A few days ago, a study that seeks to delegitimize the Fourth Transformation pointed out that 80% of the national territory is in the hands of organized crime; Apart from the government, what is the responsibility of the judiciary in this social configuration? The issue of impunity leaves no room for doubt. Mexico is a territory of impunity thanks to the judiciary.

Despite the outrageous corruption of the judiciary, the media does not take notice. Few talk about the families of governors, magistrates, and other public officials who control the state and federal judiciary. Nobody talks about the certification of the legal career and much less about the transparency in the trials that are controlled by the most powerful legal and corporate firms.

The red circle and the media exhibit themselves fully when defending the corrupting power of the national legal sphere, they only have to comment to the people as Queen Marie Antoinette did. And don't be surprised when the Mexican people respond to you in the same way as the French Revolution.