In his last morning press conference, the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, signed two constitutional reforms, promoted by him and recently approved by the Congress of the Union.
At the Treasury Hall in the National Palace, the president signed the reforms to the National Guard (GN) and Indigenous peoples before representatives of the media.
I want to finish by signing here in front of you the publications of two constitutional reforms of the 20 reform initiatives that I sent to Congress,” he said.
The head of State highlighted that the creation of the National Guard is an institution to guarantee public security, which already has 130 thousand elements and a total of 500 barracks.
According to the president, the reform of the Guardia Nacional seeks to give solidity to this body and an honest management not like before when other security institutions such as the Federal Police, succumbed to criminal interests.
This reform also made it part of the National Defense Secretariat, which will give it strength, permanence, discipline, and honest management, especially since it is not linked to organized crime or white-collar crime, that the border, the dividing line between crime and authority is always maintained,” he explained.
Regarding the reform of indigenous and Afro-Mexican peoples, AMLO celebrated that the rights of these communities are now protected by the Constitution.
“This reform is something that has to do with the deep roots of our Mexico, with the rights of indigenous peoples, the rights of all communities, native peoples, the most intimate truth of our country are guaranteed,” Obrador said.
López Obrador was accompanied at this signing ceremony by the Secretary of National Defense (Sedena), General Luis Cresencio Sandoval, the head of the National Institute of Indigenous Peoples, Adelfo Regino Montes, and the Secretary of the Interior Luisa María Alcalde (Segob).
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