In Mexico, president says he will present new constitutional amendment proposal on transferring national guard from civilian to military control

24 April 2023
In Mexico, president says he will present new constitutional amendment proposal on transferring national guard from civilian to military control
In Mexico, president says he will present new constitutional amendment proposal on transferring national guard from civilian to military control
[T]he Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) resolved that transferring operational and administrative control of the National Guard (GN) to the Secretary of National Defense (Sedena) is unconstitutional. [...] [President Andrés Manuel López Obrador] reported that on September 1, 2024, before the end of his term and when the new legislature is already in office, he will present a new constitutional reform initiative to insist that the National Guard depend on Sedena. He hopes, he said, that they approve it before the last day of his term as President of Mexico. “That I can leave this constitutional reform that is very important because it is a shield so that what has happened will not happen, that public security was in the hands of crime,” he said.
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