UAS members protest against the governor of Sinaloa in the Zócalo

by times news cr

2024-07-18 23:36:46

Members of the community of the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS) demonstrated this Tuesday in the Zócalo against the governor of Sinaloa, Ruben Rocha Moyawho is accused of violate their autonomy.

The concentration of university students from Sinaloa began around 6 in the morning and minutes later a delegation appeared at the citizen service of National Palace to deliver your petition signed by the person in charge of the rector’s office, Robespierre Lizarraga Otero.

In the document they request the intervention of the president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador so that agreements are reached with the authorities of the institution and Governor Rocha Moya at the dialogue table that will resume this Thursday at the Ministry of the Interior (Segob).

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The protesters plan to march from the Zócalo to the Segob facilities at 9 a.m., prior to their meeting with Rocha Moya.

Participants in the mobilization have pointed out that The conflict began last year When, according to his statements, the Rocha Moya administration and the State Congress They tried to impose an Education Law that violates university autonomy, which caused the local leader to resort to the Prosecutor’s Office and the Judiciary to intimidate them.

A few days ago, the National Association of Universities and Higher Education Institutions (ANUIES) supported the UAS in its conflict with the local administration, through a statement in which it expressed its concern about the situation.

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Regarding this situation, Rocha Moya has insisted that he has no institutional conflict of any kind and denies the accusations against him by the UAS.

However, the head of the University’s office, Robespierre Lizárraga, indicated that:

“Of course there is a conflict, we want to fix it, we want to heed the President’s call (…) I say that we should discuss not just the Law, but everything.”

Lizárraga Otero explained that, The General Law of Higher Education of the State violated the University Autonomy for which the UAS took refugea Federal Judge rules in his favor, and Congress promotes a last resort which was abandoned.

DG

2024-07-18 23:36:46

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