The contrast that hurts
While the chamber was dyed purple for International Women’s Day, the words painted two irreconcilable Mexicos. One, that of official speeches that celebrate progress. Another, that of the figures that sting.
“I prefer to talk about Rosario, the 14-year-old girl who was sold in Oaxaca for a pig, a turkey and 500 pesos”
PAN senator Laura Esquivel threw that dart straight to the heart of the ceremony. His intervention broke the script of self-congratulations to remember what is really commemorated every 8M: the fight against a system that continues to fail.
The figures that nobody wants to see
Mely Romero of the PRI brought the numbers to the podium: more than 133 thousand missing people, almost 30 thousand are women. Of the missing minors, more than half are girls and adolescents. Data that turns any celebration into an act of cynicism.
Beyond the color of the clothes or the recognition of the first president, Liz Sánchez of the PT pointed out the essential:
“The violence that is experienced in the silence of homes. That which hides in wage gaps”
The uncomfortable recognition
Even Laura Itzel Castillo, president of the Senate for Morena, admitted to Secretary Citlalli Hernández that substantive equality continues to be a “pending task.” A lukewarm recognition in the face of the national emergency.
The curious thing: all parties agree on the diagnosis but differ on the remedy. While some emphasize symbolic achievements, others insist that without real justice there is nothing to celebrate.
The session made something clear: Mexico has a female president but still has girls like Rosario. And between both extremes, an abyss that no purple speech can close.
