The president of the State Steering Committee of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) in Veracruz, Adolfo Ramírez Arana, condemned the attack perpetrated against the mayor of Banderilla and stated that, despite not belonging to his party, the event shows the serious crisis of insecurity that exists in the entity, where – he said – politicians, journalists and civil society are at constant risk from the advance of organized crime.
The PRI leader called on state and federal authorities to urgently address the problem of insecurity and assured that the current government is “the worst qualified of all time,” a situation that, he stressed, the people of Veracruz do not deserve.
In a press conference, Ramírez Arana also expressed the PRI’s total rejection of the electoral reform promoted by the federal government and accused the Citizen Movement (MC) of acting as a “scab for the ruling party” by anticipating its support for said initiative.
Accompanied by the general secretary of the PRI in Veracruz, Carolina Gudiño; the Secretary of Elections, King David; the director of Affiliation, Carla, and Patricia, general secretary of the Youth Network for Mexico, maintained that the recent statements by the national leader of MC, Dante Delgado, confirm what the tricolor has repeatedly denounced.
“Conditioning the universal vote and suggesting that young people from the age of 16 can vote is a clear sign that they are going to support the electoral reform. We are firmly opposed because it is a reform that is harmful to the country and should not be approved,” he stated.
Ramírez Arana assured that the PRI remains the only real opposition to the Morena government and announced that its deputies and senators will vote against the reform, recalling that in previous legislative processes, such as the reform of the Judiciary, MC has supported the ruling party.
From Veracruz, he reiterated that the PRI will demonstrate against any legal modification that threatens democracy and warned that the electoral reform seeks to concentrate power and weaken opposition parties.
On another topic, he criticized the lack of governability in the state under the Morena governments and pointed out the internal divisions of the party in power, referring to statements found between legislators and state leaders. Likewise, he supported criticism of the possible increase in public transportation rates, describing it as “one more blunder” by the state government.
“The disaster, disunity and disorder that Morena is experiencing directly affects the people of Veracruz. While they are divided, the PRI remains united, working and raising its voice,” he expressed.
For her part, Carolina Gudiño warned about the constant modifications to the Constitution since Morena came to power in 2018, pointing out that more than 100 articles have been reformed, which represents more than two-thirds of the constitutional text.
The leader explained that the laws and the Constitution must serve to establish limits and guarantee the balance of powers, and accused the ruling party of using its legislative majority, together with allied parties, to promote reforms that, she affirmed, threaten democracy.
“Citizens should know that the true opposition in Congress is the PRI, whose legislators have raised their voices and voted against reforms that seek to eliminate the participation of opposition parties,” he concluded.
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