Shouting “Yes, it was possible!”, between hugs and wishes of good luck. morenistas, pevemistas and petistas, who facilitated his arrival, the capital congress chose Bertha Alcalde Luján as the second head of the Attorney General’s Office of Mexico City (FGJCDMX)
What just happened in the CDMX Congress was just a mere formality. It was known that Bertha Alcalde would be the new prosecutor and that’s how it happened. She is very close to AMLO and sister of Luisa María Alcalde, leader of Morena. She was a candidate for the SCJN and later sought to be president of the INE, but no… pic.twitter.com/vdI1HwBuq0
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In ordinary session, the deputies elected – by majority of votes- 51 in favor y 15 againstwhich Mayor Luján be the capital’s next prosecutor, starting January 10, a position she left ten months ago Ernestina Godoywhich did not achieve the consensus of the political forces to extend its period.
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Yesterday, in the plenary session of the Donceles and Allendeeverything was happiness for Morena and her allies; even the dispatch manager of the FGJ, Ulises Laracame to the place to greet and congratulate the person who must hand over the responsibility.
Minutes after 7 p.m., the president of the Board of Directors of the Congress of Mexico City, Martha Ávila, He asked that a delegation take Bertha Alcalde to the plenary hall to make the corresponding protest.
Among dozens of cameramen, reporters and visitorsthe capital’s next lawyer, who dressed in light colors, with the left arm Standing high and surrounded by Morenistas, she swore to safeguard the constitutional mandates and laws that emanate from there.
Disagreements in the midst of the Protest
Minutes before, the deputies of the guinda party Alberto Martínez Urincho and Martha Áviladefended the nomination and from the rostrum issued the warning that the process was transparent and legal, nothing could be reproached or pointed out to Bertha Alcalde.
In his use of the tribune, the coordinator of the bench of the PAN, Andrés Atayde, warned “a potential conflict of interest” with the appointment of the new prosecutor, due to her relationship with the national leader of Morena, Luisa Alcalde.
“The proposal that today reaches the plenary session of this Congress to exercise ownership of the City Prosecutor’s Office. National Action cannot accompany her, since despite her good profile and good track record, we detected a potential conflict of interest,” he mentioned.
After protesting as prosecutor, Bertha Alcalde She said she was “very happy with the opportunity” and the vote of confidence granted by deputies.
Bertha Alcalde (@BerthaAlcalde) rejects that there is a conflict of interest in his assignment as a prosecutor, despite his relationship with the national leader of @PartidoMorenaMxLuisa Alcalde (@LuisaAlcalde)
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In this sense, he considered “it is very important that we have citizens monitoring the work we are going to do. This has been a very transparent process, with different stages (…) we are determined to work very hard to strengthen access to justice, that is what we are going to do during the next four years“.
Now, the Mayor must wait until next Friday, January 10, 2025 to protest.
I am deeply honored to have been appointed Attorney General of Justice of CDMX for the period 2025-2029.
I thank the Citizen Council, the Head of Government, Clara Brugada and the City Congress for their vote of confidence…
— Bertha Alcalde Luján (@BerthaAlcalde) December 24, 2024
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