2024-05-04 01:20:12
“I want to offer you an apology for not having the courage to continue in the fight, but for me it is more important to protect my entire team and my entire family, thank you for your support,” was the message from Linda Padilla Gonzálezafter renouncing his candidacy for mayor of Guadalupe, Nuevo Leonfor him Life Party given the insecurity that exists in the entity.
Like her, on April 25 they gave up the electoral contest Virginia Ibarra Rojas y María Yaqueline González Hernándezboth candidates for the municipal presidency of Elota, Sinaloa, by Morena y Force and Heart for Mexico, respectively, without giving the reasons for their decisions.
Meanwhile in Tamaulipas, The body responsible for local elections reported that so far 33 candidates have dropped out for “personal reasons,” of which 18 are women.
More than 280 applicants registered in less than a week.
INE INQUIRIES REASONS FOR RESIGNATIONS
Carla Humphrey Jordan, advisor to the INE, He explained that in Zacatecas, the resignations began in mid-April, which is why the Public Local Electoral Organization (OPLE) prepares the report on this issue.
For her part, the counselor Dania Ravel Cuevas He explained that the Electoral Institute of the State of Zacatecas explained that of the 257 withdrawals, only one recognized that it was due to political violence based on gender, the reason for the rest is unknown.
THEY “GO DOWN BY VIOLENCE”
Some of the candidates who dropped out of the current electoral contest were due “to the political violence that is expressed against the women “because of gender and this is not in terms of some offense that can be said in the media or that some candidate can be rude to one of them, but rather there is a very violent environment against women,” he said. Javier Contreras, political scientist of the UNAM.
He indicated that the applicants are not exempt from the physical violencesuch as femicides or acid attacks, several have been persecuted and murdered during the electoral process, not only in Zacatecas, but in different parts of the country.
He indicated that said entity currently has high insecurity conditionsso the candidates decided to present their resignations to safeguard their lives.
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2024-05-04 01:20:12