The senators of Morena, PVEM y Labor Party They celebrated the ruling of the SCJN against the Salinas Groupthey described it as “historic.”
In a statement, the majority bench highlighted that the current Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) is a body that, for the first time, “fails for the first time and against privileges.”
“The sentence requires the payment of more than 48 billion pesos which, finally, will translate into pensions, support and scholarships for millions of families, reminding us that when justice acts honestly, it also becomes well-being for the people,” the document states.
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Furthermore, they emphasize that with the resolution, justice no longer serves “particular interests” but rather takes the side of the country and “those who have never had a voice.”
For this reason, the legislators of the majority bloc recognized the actions of the ministers in resolving “an emblematic case that for decades was marked by influences, evasions and delays. We congratulate their firmness against the attempts of the business group involved, which sought to evade its responsibility.”
Grupo Salinas accuses that the SCJN ‘stopped defending companies’
After the ruling against it, Grupo Salinas accused that the Court “I stopped defending companies,” and therefore, they will go to international bodies to defend “their human rights.”
This Thursday, moments after the Mexican Supreme Court discarded an accumulation of resources and left several tax credits firm, the corporation owned by the self-proclaimed “ultra-right” tycoon published on
“The consequences of these resolutions go far beyond Grupo Salinas and its companies. With them, the spurious Court has legitimized the violation of basic human rights of citizens, company workers, endorsing double, unconstitutional and immoral charges without any guarantee or real defense,” he accused.
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Due to the above, the corporation warned that it will resort to other avenues, including international ones “with the purpose of ensuring the full guarantee and protection of our human rights, demanding the elimination of unconstitutional double charges and disproportionate fines.”
Furthermore, according to the Salinas Group, the resolution of this November 13 -birthday of the former president Lopez Obrador-, are a worrying precedent that sends a “dangerous signal” to investments in Mexico: “today the rules can change depending on who they apply to.”