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The Employers’ Confederation of the Mexican Republic (Coparmex) warns of the risks that come with the opinion of the reform to the National guard so that it may be transferred to the command of Sedena.
“This change represents a significant risk to the constitutional order of our country and to the rule of law, as it violates the principle of civilian control over the security forces,” he warned.
The business body stated that since its creation, the National guard It was conceived as a civil institution that would respond to the growing demand for public security.
He pointed out that despite the reasons for its creation, this reform opens the door to a militarization of security functions, an approach that could generate significant risks in terms of possible violations of human rights. human rights y limit access to justice for citizens.
“The militarization of public security contradicts constitutional and even conventional provisions that establish the civil character security forces… and affects the business climate by generating uncertainty regarding respect for institutions and the rule of law.”
Coparmex insisted that this reform contradicts several articles of the Constitution Mexicana, in particular Article 129, which limits military participation in times of peace, and Article 13, which restricts military jurisdiction to matters strictly related to the military.
“Historically, military intervention in public security tasks has been associated with cases of abuse and violation of rights, alleging reasons or exceptions... under the argument of being national security actions.”
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