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The Oaxaca parliament was the first to endorse the project, so others 15 State Congresses must process the changes for them to come into effect.
The Congress of Mexico City approves that the Armed Forces are in the streets until 2028
The Congress of Mexico City approved the minutes for the reform of the National Guard so that the Armed Forces continue carrying out public security tasks until 2024.
In this way, two local Congresses are added —the first to endorse the project was the parliament of the state of Oaxaca— that have processed the reform project. To enter into force, others 15 Congresses will have to approve it.
Controversial reform
The Mexican Congress, with the impetus of the ruling Morena party and its allies from the Labor Party (PT) and the Green Ecologist of Mexico (PVEM), approved the reform of the fifth transitory article of the National Guard decree , which established that the presence of the Army and the Navy in the streets would remain until 18 March 2024. With the modifications, the work of the Armed Forces was extended to 2028.
Since the opposition parties, mainly National Action (PAN) and Citizen Movement (MC), criticized that the approved reform extends the militarization in Mexico that began at the end of 2006, with the war against drug trafficking declared by then President Felipe Calderón (2006-2012).
For its part, the ruling party defended that there would be accountability on the part of the Armed Forces, since it was established that the Executive send to Congress semi-annual reports on the work of that corporation to be analyzed by a bicameral commission, which could summon to appear the heads of the Secretaries of the Interior, Security and Citizen Protection, National Defense and Navy.
However, it caused controversy in terms of accountability that the Political Coordination Board of the Senate, with the signature of the ruling senators, will cancel the appearance on Wednesday 19 of October of the holders of the National Defense (Sedena), Luis Cresencio Sandoval; from the Secretary of the Navy (Semar), Rafael Ojeda Durán; and the commander of the National Guard, Luis Rodríguez Bucio.
