President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador reiterated its reform proposal to ensure that National Guard be part of the Secretary of National Defense (Sedena) in order to prevent the corruption of society.

During the morning press conference, López Obrador said the motivation for the proposal was that there would be no going back to when the federal police were in force.

“We don’t want García Luna anymore, and if we leave the Guard in charge of the Security Secretariat, that risk is taken, we don’t want that, we don’t want it to be lost, we don’t want to build a Frankenstein,” the president said.

The President acknowledged that it costs the Armed Forces “a lot of effort and work” to professionalize the elements of the National Guard.

The president says it costs the armed forces “a lot of effort and work” to professionalize the elements of the @GN_MEXICO_. He specifies that he does not want “it to be spoiled and corrupted” by leaving him in charge of the Interior or the Security Secretariat, as was the case before. pic.twitter.com/gAWLWLz2FI

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In addition, Lopez Obrador He said the country will not be militarized with the National Guard and he even added that the errors and acts of repression committed by the navy and the army, in general, were based on orders from the civil authorities and former presidents.

“The opponents do not want us to move forward and guarantee peace and tranquility with respect for human rights. If the Guard depended on Sedena, it would be a branch like the Air Force and the Infantry, the Army, but they don’t want to and they block, but I have the obligation and the duty to present the changes, and if they reject them everyone will take responsibility,” the president said.

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Regarding the constitutional reform so that the Guard depends on Sedena, López Obrador said that this month it will be sent to the Senate then at the House of Representatives.

Opposition to reform

However, this reform was criticized by civil organizations as Amnesty International, who pointed out that approving it would mean the militarization of the country’s public security.

Through a Releasethe organization asks senators, senators, deputies and substitutes, to demonstrate their commitment to victims and the peacebuilding.

“Despite the president’s insistence that the armed forces now act responsibly, there have been at least 8 cases of extrajudicial executions during his six-year term,” the document said.