Georgina Saldierna and Cesar Arellano
The newspaper La Jornada
Tuesday, September 10, 2024, p. 7
The rumors that PAN Senator Miguel Ángel Yunes Márquez will be the one to give Morena the vote it needs to achieve a qualified majority in the Senate and approve the judicial reform were revived yesterday after the coordinator of his parliamentary group, Guadalupe Murguía, asked the Veracruz native to confirm the position he had against the proposal last week.
Added to the above was the fact that Murguía has not been able to make contact with Yunes since last Sunday, and that he did not attend the conclave of the senators of the blue and white before today’s Senate session in which the aforementioned legislative amendment will be debated.
The persistent rumors that the former mayor of Boca de Río had decided to give his vote to the cherry-colored party circulated since the 8th, but were stopped by the PAN.
However, yesterday they gained strength again, although there is no document or statement from the Veracruz parliamentarian that confirms the claim.
In response to this, Murguía explained last night that last week all the PAN senators, one by one, expressed their commitment to attend today’s session and vote against the reform of the Judicial Branch. Among them, Yunes, who up to this point has not expressed a different position
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As coordinator of the PAN parliamentary group, the senator from Querétaro made a respectful and firm call to confirm his position regarding the proposed legislative change. She also demanded that the federal government stop pressuring opposition senators. with corrupting offers
and intimidating actions by prosecutors.
The survival of the Republic depends on the integrity, honor and patriotism of the opposition senators. There is no room for ambiguity.
he stressed on the social network X, where he announced that he had stopped having contact with Yunes since last Sunday.
It should be noted that the former mayor faces an arrest warrant for allegedly using a false document to register as a candidate for mayor of Veracruz, for procedural fraud and false statements before the authorities.
Meanwhile, the leaders of the majority bloc insisted yesterday that they already have the necessary votes to approve the judicial reform. Among them, the vote of the president of the board of directors of the Upper House.
For its part, the National Association of Circuit Magistrates and District Judges of the Judicial Branch of the Federation called on Miguel Ángel Yunes to deny the versions about his resignation from the PAN and his incorporation into the coalition Let’s Continue Making History headed by Morena, with the purpose of voting in favor of a reform that It would imply the submission of the Judicial Branch of the Federation, the annulment of the division of powers and the transition of Mexico to an authoritarian regime.
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On behalf of 55 thousand workers and judges, as well as thousands of citizens, they urged him to publicly express and reaffirm his commitment to ethical principles and the best interests of the Republic.
These are times for democrats, to defend the continuity of our democracy and prevent the establishment of a regime that violates human rights and freedoms. It would be the darkest period for our democracy and you as its implementer.
he accused in a statement.
