The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, recalled this Thursday, during the commemoration of the 115 years of the Mexican Revolution, the historical importance of the armed uprising that began in 1910, and which culminated in the overthrow of the Porfirista dictatorship in 1917. During her speech, the president took the opportunity to point out those who have publicly criticized her Government, and has launched herself against the “elites” and the “privileged” who want, she assures, a nation project very 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 said, in the city’s Zócalo, accompanied by her cabinet.
During his speech, Sheinbaum chronologically recalled the events that between 1913 and 1917 left nearly a million Mexicans dead, who in addition to the war, faced extreme poverty and the devastating typhus epidemic. The president, referring to the criticism she has received from the opposition in matters of Security, for example, has attacked speeches that, she claims, call 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 is wrong,” he said forcefully before the public gathered in the country’s main public square.
Furthermore, the president has emphasized the causes that led to the armed confrontations and the international intervention that ended, years after the revolt began, with the national project that Madero dreamed of. “During , 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 chapters and violent events 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 party’s victory 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 the entire territory of transporters, students, and with an unprecedented push from the calls of 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 , or the numbers of missing people in the national territory, are just some of the issues that have been the cause of criticism of 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 because they know of our honesty, they know that we are not going to submit to the interests of those who previously held power or enjoyed privileges, nor to any government or foreign interest. They know that we will not be decorative figures, or simple instruments of those who were accustomed to stealing and concentrating the economic and political power of the country.”
