Gov’t to propose security reforms
Interior Secretary announces changes in the rule of law
BY LILLIAN REYES
The News
MEXICO CITY – The federal government is expected to announce a reform to the rule of law in order to strengthen weak institutions in states and municipalities.
Interior Secretary Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong said on Monday that President Enrique Peña Nieto will present the details of the reform on Thursday, at the latest. The president will also address what needs to be done and what actions must be implemented to reverse the weakness of Mexican institutions. He will also emphasize actions to be taken in Guerrero, Oaxaca and Chiapas, among other states.
Regarding the protest on Nov. 20 in Mexico City’s Zócalo, Osorio Chong said that anyone who was arrested and transferred to federal prisons but is found innocent has nothing to worry about. The government will not show the same belligerence to those who were involved in violent acts committed against the federal and Mexico City police officers. The Federal Attorney General’s Office (PGR) will act with transparency and will punish citizens who attacked police officers.
The population has demanded Peña Nieto’s resignation due to a lack of answers about the whereabouts of the 43 missing students from Ayotzinapa. In response, Osorio Chong said that the federal government has kept its word to the families of the missing students.
In other matters, Osorio Chong said that the president has already approved the appointment of the new director of the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN), who is now entitled to sign agreements with the leaders of the IPN student movement.
The conflict between the IPN students and the government is almost at an end thanks to the round tables that have been organized to address the students’ petitions.
“It has been a long process, but it was worth it because there have been compromises on both parts, as we are all after the same goal: quality education,” Osorio Chong said.
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