Groups sympathizing to Morena and AMLO gathered on the outskirts of San Lazaro: “The homeland is not for sale”

To the cry of “the light is ours” and “the homeland is not for sale” hundreds of protesters gathered this Sunday outside the Legislative Palace of San Lazaro to demonstrate their support for President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's Electric Reform. With banners, folding chairs, caps and white flags, the contingents remain pending outside the Chamber of Deputies, where Mexican legislators debate the controversial initiative of the Tabasco president.

Although for a couple of days ago a camp had been set up on the outskirts of the main entrance of the Chamber of Deputies, on the morning of this Sunday, April 17, they began to to arrive different contingents sympathizing with the National Regeneration Movement party (Morena) and President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). Once they arrived at the compound, the members of civil and peasant associations called on the opposition deputies not to stop the initiative of the Tabasco president.

Thus, trucks and combis began arriving around San Lázaro and transporting demonstrators from various parts of the Mexican Republic, notably Chimalhuacán and Nezahualcoyotl, municipalities of the State of Mexico. The contingents wore t-shirts with the face of the president of Mexico, as well as white flags and banners.

The contingents were summoned through social networks by the National Front in Defense of the Electricity Reform under the scoop of safeguarding national sovereignty, so, between slogans such as “deputies understand, the homeland is not sold”, or “energy is defended with great dignity”, the presence of protesters remains in the main entrance of the Chamber, on Emiliano Zapata street, between Congress of the Union and engineer Eduardo Molina.

It is worth mentioning that in recent days, Armando Monter, leader of the National Labour Front, told the media that if necessary, they would prevent opposition legislators (PRI, PAN, PRD and MC) from entering this Sunday, who are expected to vote against the reform, which they consider something very serious “because are representing the interests of foreign companies.”

Faced with the possibility of blockade, some of the opposition legislators chose to spend the night in their respective offices in the Chamber of Deputies, however, the demonstrators did not block or prevent the entry of any Mexican legislators, so the session in which the controversial Electric Reform is being debated continues to take place in the plenary of the precinct.

After a surprise postponement, this Sunday, April 17, the Chamber of Deputies will define the course of the Electric Reform, an initiative promoted by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) in favor of his promise to campaign for Mexico's energy self-sufficiency.

It should be recalled that the initiative requires the approval of two thirds of the total: in this scenario, the Fourth Transformation alliance (Q4) has 277 legislators, for which it would need the favorable vote of 57 deputies from other parties to achieve the necessary 334.

At approximately 9:00 a.m. this Sunday, legislators of the parliamentary group Va por México and Movimiento Ciudadano began to enter the Chamber of Deputies, which began to adhere their attendance to the registration board. Similarly, Morenistas arrived at the compound between slogans of “They are the deputies defending the nation”.

Minutes later, Marko Cortés, the national leader of the PAN, was dazzled at the Legislative Palace of San Lázaro, who arrived in the Chamber of Deputies for the session of the Electric Reform accompanied by Santiago Creel and Jorge Romero, parliamentary coordinator. Alejandro Alito Moreno, national leader of the PRI, also arrived at the plenary session of the Chamber of Deputies advocating the position of militancy against the Reformation.

At 10:50am, the session began in the midst of a war of slogans between opposing sides and those of the Fourth Transformation (Q4).

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