Sheinbaum, on the anniversary of the Revolution: “Those who today claim the extreme right do not know the history of Mexico or our people” | EUROtoday

The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, recalled this Thursday, through the commemoration of the 115 years of the Mexican Revolution, the historic significance of the armed rebellion that started in 1910, led by Francisco I. Madero, and that culminated within the overthrow of the Porfirista dictatorship in 1917. During her intervention, the president took the chance to level out those that have publicly criticized her Government, and has launched in opposition to the “elites” and the “privileged” who need, he assures, a nationwide challenge similar to that of Porfirio Díaz. “Those who today claim a strong hand, force above the law, those who claim the extreme right or that freedom that only the privileged enjoy, do not know the history of Mexico or our people,” she stated, within the metropolis’s Zócalo, accompanied by her cupboard.

During his speech, Sheinbaum recalled chronologically the occasions that gave rise to the social revolt, which between 1913 and 1917 left almost one million Mexicans useless, who along with the conflict, confronted excessive poverty and the devastating typhus epidemic. The president, referring to the criticism she has obtained from the opposition in issues of Security, for instance, has attacked speeches that, she claims, name for polarization and violence.

“Peace and tranquility are the fruit of justice. Therefore, speeches that normalize violence as a path, that glorify imposition or that seek to restore a country of privileges for a few have no resonance. He who calls for violence is wrong. He who encourages hatred is wrong. He who believes that force replaces justice is wrong. He who calls for foreign intervention is wrong,” he stated forcefully earlier than the general public gathered within the nation’s principal public sq..

Furthermore, the president has emphasised the causes that led to the armed confrontations and the worldwide intervention that ended, years after the revolt started, with the nationwide challenge that Madero dreamed of. “During the Tragic Decade, the enemies of the Government, among them, Victoriano Huerta and Félix Díaz, conspired to destroy the democratic project that Madero represented. The United States ambassador, Henry Lane Wilson, joined this conspiracy, who openly intervened in support of the coup plotters and endorsed the pacts that sealed the fall of the legitimate Government. This foreign interference, added to internal betrayal, culminated in the murder of Madero and Pino Suárez, a crime that opened one of the most painful and violent chapters in the history of Mexico,” he recalled.

Preceded by a speech by General Ricardo Trevilla Trejo, head of the Ministry of Defense (Sedena), who praised the participation of women in the country’s military forces, Sheinbaum praised the Morena Governments, and recalled that the victory of the party, founded by his predecessor Andrés Manuel López Obrador, is the so-called Fourth Transformation of the country, after Independence (1821), the Reform (1855-1863) and the Revolution (1910-1917).

The president’s speech, full of allusions to the past that she has related to what has been happening for several years now in the social and political life of Mexico, comes at a critical moment for the country. With protests in the streets throughout the territory by transporters, students, farmers, and with an unprecedented push from calls from right-wing groups.

Furthermore, it is situated in a context in which part of public opinion and society has openly shown its discontent with violence that seems to worsen every day in the country. The murder of the mayor of Uruapan, in Michoacán, Carlos Manzo, or the numbers of missing persons in the national territory, are just some of the issues that have been the cause of criticism towards the security strategy led by the president.

Shenibaum has defended his Government and has shown the majority support that his party and his figure currently have: “They slander us as a result of they know of our honesty, they know that we’re not going to undergo the pursuits of those that beforehand held energy or loved privileges, nor to any authorities or overseas curiosity. They know that we’ll not be ornamental figures, or easy devices of those that have been accustomed to stealing and concentrating the financial and political energy of the nation.”