The Citizen Council of the Search System takes three months

Jessica Xantomila and Jared Laureles

La Jornada newspaper
Saturday, February 8, 2025, p. 8

The National Citizen Council (CNC) of the National Search System has been just for three months and the Senate has not yet issued the call to appoint its 13 members, former advisors denounced, who recalled that through this consultation body it is like relatives of missing persons can influence public policies to address this problem.

They recalled that in April 2024 the mandate of the majority of the directors finished and only in October the last one came out.

The movement for our missing in Mexico warned that without the participation of the CNC in the National Search System its agreements can be challenged. In addition, without the corresponding appointments it is left No representation to families and organizations in key decisions, such as the update of the homologated search protocol and the creation of the National Search Plan, still pending He emphasized.

Martín Villalobos, former advisor and member of the Mónica Alejandrina Foundation, stated in an interview that since the beginning of 2024 the need for the corresponding call to renew the members of the Council was notified to the Senate. We gathered and send communications requesting that the task of preparing the relay to be prepared so that we had time to make a delivery-reception and tell the new members what the slopes were, but unfortunately it was not carried outhe explained.

In accordance with the General Law on Forced Disappearance of Persons, disappearance committed by individuals and the National Search System, the CNC must be made up of five relatives of victims, four specialists in human rights or in search of people and in forensic matters, as well as four representatives of civil organizations and establishes that the appointment of its members must be carried out by the Senate, prior public consultation with relatives of missing persons, organizations and experts in the field.

The duration of its function, which is honorary, is three years without the possibility of re -election and should not hold any position as public servants. The CNC It is a very important organ because it monitors that actions and programs can be executed and monitored. You also have the opportunity to issue recommendations for institutions to make the corresponding adjustmentsVillalobos said.

Former directors and the movement for our missing in Mexico called the Senate to open the corresponding call.