The president of the Electoral Tribunal of the Judicial Branch of the Federation (TEPJF), Monica Soto, indicated that the arrival of Claudia Sheinbaum to the Presidency of Mexico It means “lifting the veil on patriarchy” and “breaking the glass ceiling.”
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During the solemn session in which the certificate of president-elect was presented to the winner of the last elections, Soto He stressed that after 200 years and 65 men, for the first time a woman will assume the position of head of the federal Executive.
“Mexico moved forward and elected its first Chairwoman, To get to this point, the Electoral Tribunal of the Judicial Branch of the Federation faced important challenges and particularities, such as the reception and resolution of 15,799 files linked to the federal electoral process and the concurrent local processes,” he said.
“Dr. Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, I am honored to be the first voice to address you officially as Chairwoman Elected from the United Mexican States. On behalf of my peers, I express to you that this Electoral Court I hold for you a deep respect and recognition for your achievement at the polls, for having obtained the highest number of votes among the competing candidates, the highest vote in the electoral history of our country, in addition to meeting the eligibility requirements in a democratic, legal election with electoral integrity,” said the president of the Electoral Court to the elected president.
He added that “with his arrival to the ownership of the Executive Branch Mexico “It lifts the veil on patriarchy. No more doubts about whether a woman is prepared to govern our country. The first female President of Mexico was democratically elected and with that, this chapter is inscribed in the history not only of our country, but of the global feminist struggle.”
He indicated that the Electoral Court, Although the majority of the process was incompletely integrated, all political actors were heard and resolutions were made transparently, in addition to the fact that “the final count and review of the requirements for the validity of the election and the declaration of the President-elect was a task that was also carried out unanimously and provided legal certainty as a corollary of the democratic celebration that June 2 represented.”
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— Dra. Claudia Sheinbaum (@Claudiashein) August 15, 2024
The president of the TEPJF He said that another lesson from the electoral process was the violence and polarization that, he said, “undermine democracy and freedoms.”
He considered that “the rejection of violence is decisive and must be absolute; therefore, we categorically reject it towards any person, candidate and particularly, towards groups in vulnerable situations, such as women.”
Monica Soto He mentioned the candidates who were murdered in the last elections, recognizing “the voices that were unfortunately silenced in a violent manner during the electoral process.”
The president of the Electoral Court He stressed that external pressures were overcome and said that “political actors, parties, citizens, and candidates were assisted with all appropriate judicial procedures that protected their fundamental rights, but also in the face of threats we defended their autonomy and independence in a forceful manner, even from incompetent jurisdictional bodies, giving further proof that our rule of law prevailed and this Court was not violated.”
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2024-08-17 11:47:33