After almost seven years at the head of the Attorney General’s Office, Alejandro Gertz Manero presented his resignation amid a history marked by emblematic investigations that did not reach a sentence, files that weakened over time and criticism of the paralysis of the institution. The still Prosecutor left his position heading to an embassy, whose destination he did not specify, and thus opened a new chapter in the FGR, one of the most questioned agencies of the six-year term.
Mexico City, November 27 (However).- Alejandro Gertz Manero presented to Senate of the Republic his resignation from Attorney General’s Office (FGR) after a management of almost 7 years with large cases without sentences, investigations that were diluted and a Prosecutor’s Office that became an “inert” institution, to now occupy that of the Embassy of “a friendly country”about which he did not give more details.
Through a letter addressed to Laura Itzel Castillo Juárez, president of the Senate of the RepublicGertz Manero reported that he is separating from his position as Attorney General after accepting President Claudia Sheinbaum’s invitation to be Ambassador to another country, which he did not specify.
“I inform you that the Head of the Federal Executive Branch, Doctor Claudia Sehinbaum Pardo, has proposed me as Ambassador of Mexico to a friendly country, which is being processed at this time. This proposal will allow me the possibility of continuing to serve my country in a new task that I am honored and grateful for; thus ratifying my vocation of public service with such a long history; which is why, as of this date and with all the corresponding legal effects, I am retiring from my current position as Prosecutor of the Republic.”
Alejandro Gertz asked the president of the Senate to inform the plenary session of the upper house of her decision so that the process of his ratification as Ambassador can begin.
“The above, with the aspiration of obtaining ratification of the appointment with which the President of the United Mexican States has honored me and thus being able to serve the interests of Mexico with commitment, responsibility and in strict observance of a foreign policy representative of the plurality of the Mexican State.”
THIS IS THE FULL LETTER
Senator Laura Itzel Castillo Juárez
President of the Board of Directors
Senate of the Republic
Gift
Very distinguished Senator President:
I inform you that the Head of the Federal Executive Branch, Doctor Claudia Sehinbaum Pardo, has proposed me as Ambassador of Mexico to a friendly country, which is being processed at this time. This proposal will allow me the possibility of continuing to serve my country in a new task for which I am honored and grateful; thus ratifying my vocation for public service with such a long history; which is why, as of this date and with all the corresponding legal effects, I am retiring from my current position as Prosecutor of the Republic.
Due to the foregoing and in accordance with the powers conferred upon it by the Organic Law of the General Congress of the United Mexican States, I respectfully requested that you inform the above to the Plenary Session of the Senate of the Republic; so that, if the Legislative Body deems it appropriate, the process for the ratification of my appointment will begin based on the provisions of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States and the laws on the matter.
The above, with the aspiration of obtaining the ratification of the appointment with which the President of the United Mexican States has honored me and thus being able to serve the interests of Mexico with commitment, responsibility and in strict observance of a foreign policy representative of the plurality of the Mexican State.
Sincerely
Alejandro Gertz Manero