President Claudia Sheinbaum recalled that in the last election on June 2 she voted at the polls for Ifigenia Martinez.
“She is a woman who at her age remains consistent: when she was director of the UNAM School of Economics, she defended her school when the army entered in 1968 and later she was part of our movement (Morena),” wrote President Sheinbaum. .
On June 2 I voted for Ifigenia Martinez, a woman of consistency and convictions. On October 1, I received the presidential sash from your hands. Today he left us. I send his family, colleagues and friends all my love and solidarity. Goodbye, dear teacher Iphigenia. pic.twitter.com/7EsDkT2S8s
— Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo (@Claudiashein)
October 6, 2024
Ricardo Monreal, leader of the Morena parliamentary group in the Chamber of Deputies, was one of the first politicians to confirm the death of his fellow legislator, whom he described as an “extraordinary woman.”
It is with deep sadness that I announce the sensitive death of teacher Ifigenia Martínez y Hernández, president of the Chamber of Deputies, information that her family has confirmed to me. May such an extraordinary woman rest in peace and may her loved ones find quick resignation. pic.twitter.com/o8ipnYoDJx
— Ricardo Monreal A. (@RicardoMonrealA)
October 6, 2024
Patricia Mercado, federal representative for the Citizen Movement, defined Martínez as “great as an economist, academic and public servant” and “one of the protagonists in the fight for democratization in the country.”
Ifigenia Martínez paved the way for many women who would occupy senior positions in public service.
She was already a highly respected figure when I studied Economics at UNAM. She had been Director of the then National School of Economics, her… pic.twitter.com/A9hb2fZA4t
— Patricia Mercado (@Pat_MercadoC)
October 6, 2024
Olga Sánchez Cordero, federal representative for Morena and former minister of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN), affirmed that Ifigenia’s legacy “will always remain.”
It is with great sadness that I learn of the departure of my dear and admired friend, the President of @Mx_DiputadosIfigenia Martínez.
Brilliant and committed woman, who made her life story the foundation on which many of the conditions of equality and freedom in… pic.twitter.com/guvDb9uSOe— Olga Sánchez Cordero (@M_OlgaSCcordero)
October 6, 2024
