A legislative trio that promises (or at least tries)
It seems that in the Mexican Senate there was a legislative marathon that no one warned us about. While we were distracted by the current trending topic, Senator Olga Sosa Ruiz came out to show off the “achievements” of the first period of sessions. And, be careful, they are not just anything: a combo that includes everything from fighting extortionists to modernizing customs paperwork and, in passing, ensuring that water reaches us all. It sounds like they tried to resolve half the country in one sitting, honestly.
The star of the show, according to the speech, is the new legal kit to confront extortion. Not only is it a law, it is an entire “National Strategy” with an action movie name. The promise is to standardize sanctions and, most importantly, be “preventive.” In other words, the idea is not only to catch the bad guy after he empties your account, but also to prevent him from calling you from a prison asking for your “voluntary cooperation.” They are already reporting some successes: frustrated calls and inhibited cell phone signals in prisons. A step, although one wonders if extortionists are already migrating to encrypted apps, because adaptation is their *game*.
Beyond security: digital customs and the water drama
But it’s not all about chasing criminals. In an unexpected turn towards modernity, they also got their hands on the Customs Law. The objective: more digitization, traceability and control. Basically, they want foreign trade to seem less like a fax-era procedure and more like something from the 21st century. They even organized a national forum with customs agents, because even in the Senate they know that sometimes bureaucracy can be slower than the internet connection in a magical town.
And to close with a flourish (or a faucet), they passed a National Water Law. The mission sounds noble: ensure human access to the vital liquid, protect farmers and seek “equitable” management. In a country where drought and inequality in access are a sad and recurring meme, this law will have everyone’s hawk eye. Promising water equity is like promising stable Wi-Fi at a festival: we all want it, but we’ll see if it happens.
The background narrative, according to Sosa Ruiz, is that all this is part of the “consolidation of the transformation project” of President Claudia Sheinbaum. Priorities: security, well-being and rule of law. He also emphasized a historical fact: for the first time there is a female president, a female attorney general, and a female party president. A female triplet in power that, without a doubt, marks a before and after in the photo, although the final test will be to see how this translates into the lives of ordinary women.
Among so much debate, there was also time for pomp and protocol: 877 judges were sworn in, including ministers of the Supreme Court. An intense day that mixes the urgent, the important and the administrative in a typically legislative cocktail.
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