Terrible what happened to President Sheinbaum the day before, dear reader. I can’t get over my perplexity and indignation. How is it possible that her security apparatus allowed a drunk man to get close to her to the point of touching her? Does the President of Mexico have no security? Is there no one in the presidency who takes protective measures when going out? Can anyone approach her for malicious purposes? Apparently, yes. Anyone can approach her and not just anyone: a totally drunk man who, clearly, represents a risk to anyone, man or woman. The matter far transcends the mere sexual harassment he suffered while walking and points to much more serious risks to his safety. Because imagine what anyone with criminal intent could do to you if they do not have even minimal security when going out on the street. No, the investiture does not protect by itself, neither here nor in any country in the world. For that, there are security devices and protocols to follow. Does the government seriously believe that it is not necessary? What toxic nebula do they live in?
It is very outrageous that the President of Mexico herself, the first woman to win the presidency, has been sexually harassed in the stupidest way possible. It is necessary that those in charge of their security take responsibility for this atrocity, if they exist. It is not enough that the guy is in jail, nor that the President has denounced him much later. This harassment simply should not have happened, not only because Claudia Sheinbaum is a woman, but because she is the President of Mexico.
The episode sends a terrible message and that is that the security failure is widespread in the country, and that the “fourth transformation” is inept to such a level that it is incapable of protecting even the highest authority, the President, from an ordinary drunk passing by, a casual stalker. If that could happen to her, who should have maximum institutional protection, what can happen to the others? If they are in charge of taking care of us, what do we do if they can’t even take care of themselves?
But not only, the murder of the collaborators of the Head of Government, Clara Brugada, which occurred a few months ago in Mexico City, points to the same evil: the terrible irresponsibility of not having security or protocols for its high officials who were easily hunted by the murderers. Unforgivable and tragic.
The murder of Carlos Manzo, the Mayor of Uruapan, which occurred a few days ago also points to the same thing: a failure of the security teams that had to protect him. So simply the murderer, a minor, arrived at the square, and killed him, even though he was a politician who was at risk and was fighting organized crime, he had made it public. How can it be? as?
The same thing happened, two weeks ago, to the leader of lemon trees in Michoacán, Bernardo Bravo, who was murdered after reporting extortion and death threats from organized crime. An endless tragedy, dear reader, the lack of security, not only for ordinary people, but also for businessmen, officials and politicians who are routinely threatened and murdered with impunity in the country, after confronting organized crime.
And it is not about requesting that a strong hand be imposed or that human rights be violated, nor that we return to the illegality of operations in the war against drug trafficking, of course. It is about, first, recognizing the problem, not treating it with disdain, or as part of the political war. At least from the government, in charge of imposing the rule of law and legality, which unfortunately do not exist in several states of the country, not only in Michoacán.
Disdaining the issue, discrediting critics as “vultures,” ignoring the claims of those who suffer daily from the lack of security, means abandoning those who fight against crime and criminals. Recognizing the true dimension of the problem, instead of trying to minimize it, and trying to fix it only with demagogic good wishes as López Obrador did, will only deepen the crisis.
For now and from now on, President Sheinbaum has to review her own security protocols, accept that the “good people” are also full of criminals to whom she should not be exposed and that neither the country is at peace, nor is the violence the product of a right-wing delirium, nor is she safe if she goes out on the streets, just because of her popularity, as usually happens to all women.
The sad reality of Mexico is that it is a violent country, a country that has been mired in crime and impunity for decades, a country in which anyone can harass a woman in public and disappear her, as happened a month ago to teenager Kimberly Moya, a student at CCH Naucalpan, who unforgivably has not yet been found by the authorities.
The origin of these scourges was not caused by “the fourth transformation”, it is true. But that doesn’t matter anymore: they are the ones who have the greatest power in the country, as has never been seen since the PRI era, and it is their responsibility to get Mexico out of the present horror.
Precisely for this reason, because Morena and President Sheinbaum have all the resources of the State, it is totally inadmissible that any drunk could have disrespected, not only the woman, but her investiture. His security team must be held accountable and if he did not employ it, he must reevaluate, very seriously, the security policies of the presidency so that never again, in the remainder of his six-year term, does an aggression that could have easily been avoided occur again. Not only for her, but for everyone.