From the Editorial
La Jornada Newspaper
Friday, December 27, 2024, p. 8
Morena’s coordinator in the Chamber of Deputies, Ricardo Monreal, reported yesterday that in the first days of January the initiative to restrict the use of transgenic corn for human consumption will be presented. He noted in a video that this is an old lawsuit and claim.
The announcement by the Morenoist legislator is made known after Mexico lost the dispute with the United States over the entry of genetically modified corn into the country within the framework of the T-MEC.
A dispute settlement panel for the trade agreement between Mexico, the United States and Canada resolved that the measures introduced by the federal government to restrict the entry of this type of cereal lacked scientific support and violated access to the agreed market.
In this context, President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo expressed her intention to reverse said resolution and assured that in February legislation would be passed on the matter, as she said she was sure that transgenic corn cannot be planted and Mexico’s biodiversity must be protected.
Ricardo Monreal announced yesterday that the initiative will be presented at the beginning of January, after remembering that corn was born in Mexico and through the centuries it now feeds the world.
The field, solution, history and future
We must never forget the phrase that without corn there is no country
said the legislator, who demanded to protect our seeds and feel proud of them
. He also added that the field is a solution, history and future.
In the video, Monreal is seen driving a tractor and traveling through the furrows and cornfields of a field. The Morenista explained that his family has had those lands for more than 100 years. The ranch takes root, it does not ignore its people and that is why it always returns to the field, he maintained.
It is a delight to enjoy people, nature, animals and everything important in life, he said and then wish a good year 2025.
It should be noted that in San Lázaro a ruling was recently approved in committees to prohibit the use of genetically modified corn in the country.
