The Standing Committee of the Congressmeeting in plenary session, ratified the appointment of Carlos Joaquín, Ambassador of Mexico to Canadamade by the President of the Republic.

The appointment of the ex-governor and also of the ex-priista, was approved by a majority vote of 23 in favorincluding the votes of PRI senators.

The rest of the opposition, counting the tricolor federal deputies, cast 12 votes against.

In case of abstention voted the senator of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), Miguel Mancera.

Appointment in exchange for “cronyism” and “blind loyalty”

In the debate, opposition deputies and senators agreed to reject the nominationnoting that the federal executive uses diplomatic posts to “reward” the loyalty and political submission of ex-governors of the opposition itself.

The President of the Second Working Committee of the Standing Committee and Senator of the PRI, Beatriz Paredes, presented the corresponding opinion in a positive sense and expressed the hope that the the issue of immigration is discussed in depth at the North American Leaders’ Summit meetingwhich will take place in Mexico City next week.

The PAN and PRD legislators, as well as the member of the plural group in the Senate, Emilio Álvarez Icaza, agreed that the The federal executive uses the spaces of Mexican diplomacy, to reward “loyalties” to himeven opposition politicians.

“That unfortunately the appointments have had a political connotation, completely forgetting the Mexican foreign service. We find profiles that also do not meet the minimum requirements of preparation or training,” said PAN deputy Mariana Gómez del Campo.

Like Senator Álvarez Icaza Longoria, they recalled that diplomatic appointments in countries with which Mexico has close bilateral relations have been entrusted to “friends” and “loyal” personalities to the Federal Executivewhether or not they have the ability or knowledge in the matter.

They referred to cases such as those of Nicaragua, Venezuela, Panama and other nations.

“But our sad reality is that embassies and consulates are used as a reward for blind surrender and loyalty to President López Obrador.”

“And why do we abuse it? Because embassies are used as a sign of submission and deliverance. These governors who deliver, receive the prize (…) they are not from the race, the pedagogy of the message of appointing former opposition governors is delivery and submission, ”he said.

PRD vice-coordinator in San Lázaro, Elizabeth Pérez, ruled that His bench would ‘never’ vote for those who betrayed their ‘ideals’ and to the political forces that brought them to power, as happened with Joaquín González, who governed Quintana Roo under the shelter of a PAN-PRD coalition.

The MP added that the the ex-president also left a “disaster” in his entity.

Disqualification, due to political position: Carlos Joaquín

At the end of the discussion, the ratified ambassador protested and in statements to the press, before leaving the session hall, declared that will focus on defending the country abroadin strengthening bilateral relations with Canada and seeking benefits for Mexico.

He described as part of the political positions in Congress, the rejection of his nomination by the opposition.

He expressed his readiness to participate, as Mexico’s ambassador to Canada, in the Tenth Summit of North American Leaderswhich begins the following week in Mexico City.