The president-elect, Claudia Sheinbaum, denied that the transfer of the National guard (GN) to the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena) is an act of militarization of public security, which is why he asked international organizations not to be concerned.
“They have nothing to worry about. Human rights will be respected, and that is the strength of an institution and It does not mean militarizationno matter what they say,” he stressed.
In an interview with the media, the future president clarified that the term “militarization” is synonymous with a military command, and in the case of the transfer of the National Guard to Sedena, lDecisions will continue to be made by a civilian power, that is, the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces.
In 2019, the president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador created the National Guard with the approval of the Congress of the Union, and it was later enshrined in the Constitution under civilian command, specifically with the supervision of the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC).
Amnesty International warns total power to the Armed Forces
The collectives Security without War, #TheJusticeWeDeserve and Amnesty International warned that the reform to the Constitution that incorporates the National Guard into the Secretariat of the National defense (Sedena) has serious aspects and high risk for the human rights of citizens.
“Today, in his last days as a President, (Andrés Manuel López Obrador) seeks to further empower the Armed forces in the country, granting them unimaginable constitutional powers that would turn them into a power empowered for tasks of national security, public security, investigation, participation in public buildings, of surveillance y controlfronterizo, among others, covered in a cloak of secrecy and opacity under a military jurisdiction,” they condemned. /JORGE X. LÓPEZ
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