AZMEX POLICY 18-12-18

AZMEX POLICY 18 DEC 2018


If Congress does not endorse the National Guard, the military will return to the barracks": Durazo

https://www.frontera.info/Nacional/2018/12/18/1395663-Si-Congreso-no-avala-Guardia-Nacional-militares-volveran-a-cuartel-Durazo.html

By: El Universal | 12/18/2018 10:22 AM.

The Secretary of Public Safety and Citizen Protection, (Seguridad Pública y Protección Ciudadana) Alfonso Durazo Montaño, declared that,
if Congress did not approve the creation of the National Guard, in order to regulate the use of military elements for public security,
the government would return them to the barracks, completely.

"We have to take the step to the constitution of the National Guard to regularize the presence of these elements in public security tasks,
and if eventually the Congress will take the decision, we hope it is not, but we, in that circumstance, would withdraw the Army completely to the barracks, "he said.

In a meeting with the members of the Constitutional Points Commission in the Chamber of Deputies, Durazo Montaño stressed that returning the military to the barracks "would be irresponsible" because "in the current circumstances of violence in the country we can not afford that luxury."

The deputy coordinator of Morena's parliamentary group, Tatiana Clouthier, maintained that Durazo's statements about returning the military elements to the barracks
"is a threat" that makes her worried.
"I had many doubts, and now I have mortifications [...] ( very bothered / worried ) The question is why so soon and why in the constitution? […]
They threaten us that they will take away the military and it becomes a worrying part," he said. .

The same accused the deputy Raul Grace (PAN) and stated that the head of the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena),
General Luis Cresentio Sandoval Gonzalez, should be seated at the table.

"When we heard about the opinion, we were afraid, but when we heard you, we panicked," said the PAN deputy.

In response, Durazo said that "it is not a threat, it is a reality, if you do not create the National Guard, it would be a pity,
it would be unfortunate that the government could not have a body of this nature to face the problem "

For her part, Deputy Martha Tagle (Movimiento Ciudadano) questioned Durazo that, if the intention of removing the Army from the streets
"is not a threat and is not a blackmail," then assure us that the military commanders are not threatening the new federal government.

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