Andrea Becerril
La Jornada Newspaper
Sunday, October 27, 2024, p. 4
On the last day of appearances of the 47 candidates to preside over the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH), the current one captured the attention of legislators from all political forces. ombudsperson from Mexico City, Nashieli Ramírez Hernández, who proposed a program aimed at creating a robust body that enjoys credibility and moral stature
and he made clear the autonomy he has always had vis-à-vis the authorities.
For an hour and a half, Nashieli Ramírez answered questions posed to him by senators who were members of the ruling commissions; One of the questions was about the relationship he had as head of the capital’s Human Rights Commission with the then head of Government Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo. The activist responded that never
received any instruction.
The PAN senator Enrique Vargas insisted and asked her to specify her autonomy and the relationship with the President of the Republic, if she is elected as the new head of the CNDH. I already said what my relationship is, which reflects how much or not I was autonomous, because they neither gave me the instruction nor did I ask for it.
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But, he added, the level of autonomy is not given by the link or not with the officials, because What good does it do to people if I fight with authority?
the important thing is that they resolve the problems of the victims.
She was the first to appear before the Human Rights and Justice Commissions, chaired by Reyna Celeste Ascencio and Javier Corral, and at the outset she stated that The CNDH is called to be guided by dialogue with all social and political actors, by its closeness to the victims, by its presence and familiarity with the territories, by the accessibility of its services and the quality of its efforts to restore the rights that as soon as possible
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Human rights cannot be defended from the desk, he stressed.
Without the aggressiveness and disqualifications that they used a day before with the current head of the CNDH, Rosario Piedra Ibarra, senators from PAN and PRI asked for definitions on controversial issues, giving examples of people killed at the hands of the National Guard.
Ramírez Hernández responded that the vision of human rights must be reinforced both in the armed forces and in the National Guard; Likewise, if she manages to be the new head of the CNDH, if necessary
will present challenges to reforms to laws that violate human rights, in addition to working with the Legislative Branch, with local governments and, closely, with the organization’s Advisory Council.
Yesterday, in the third and last day of appearances, the 13 missing candidates participated. These include other heads or former heads of state human rights commissions, jurists, academics and activists. Hugo Vadillo, who was head of the control body of the National Migration Institute, proposed creating a seventh visitation office in the CNDH to serve migrants.
A day before, one of the candidates, Miguel Nava, who has already participated on other occasions, said that everything it was a circus
because there is already a determination. Corral and Ascencio rejected the accusation.
One of the 48 candidates who met the requirements, Consuelo Morales, declined to participate, so the ruling commissions must analyze the trajectory and what was stated by 47 candidates and no later than November 8, present the shortlist to elect the new incumbent. of the CNDH or re-elect Rosario Piedra for another five-year period.
