“It was a meeting of friendship and camaraderie”: Ricardo Monreal defended the investiture of Adam Augusto López

Ricardo Monreal, coordinator of Morena's bench in the Senate of the Republic, met with Adán Augusto López, head of the Ministry of the Interior (Segob), at a juncture that paints different nuances in Mexican politics and the governance of the so-called 4Q, where the senator defended the investiture of the federal secretary.

This meeting took place this Thursday, April 21, four days after opposition seats in the Chamber of Deputies prevented President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's (AMLO) Electric Reform from progressing and two days after federal government supporters approved the nationalization of lithium.

Thus, Monreal Ávila offered a series of statements to the media about the meeting with the head of the Segob, the challenges ahead for the Senate, AMLO's opinion regarding the designation of the deputies who voted against its constitutional reform and the recognition of López's dialogue Hernandez.

First, the doctor of constitutional law from UNAM expressed his respect and appreciation to the secretary: “it was a good meeting of camaraderie, friendship and collaboration.” He then pointed out that, despite what may be assumed, there are no “commissions”, since in the run-up to the end of the session, they asked about the possibility of a special session to approve one of the two constitutional reforms announced by the president.

At this point, it should be noted that AMLO announced that it will promote two more constitutional reforms: The Political/Electoral Reform and the National Guard Reform. This seems complicated so that they can be realized, because for these to be approved, the approval of two thirds of the chambers is required and, if you take into account how the Electricity Reform went, it is difficult for it to materialize.

That is why Ricardo Monreal highlighted the difficulty of being able to generate the level of acceptance required for one of these two upcoming reforms to pass at this session. “Next week we are concluding and we are seeing how, by closing, we get some legislation passed.” He also noted that the months of recess will serve to carry out a detailed analysis.

Then, in the context in which AMLO and other promoters of Q4 are promoting an outreach campaign against the members of Va por México (PRI, PAN and PRD) and Movimiento Ciudadano (MC) in San Lazaro for voting against the Electricity Reform, they asked Monreal if this makes negotiation within the Senate difficult, and he he replied that he was not surprised: “I am used to always walking under adversity and we are going to try to get them out”.

He also respected López Obrador's position regarding his pronouncements during this Thursday's morning conference, in which he insisted that Mexico's “traitors” should be exhibited by every possible means: “It is an opinion that I respect, I am not going to confront the president, I have already issued my opinion. Okay, what he thinks is right and I respect his opinion.”

Against this background, Monreal said it is not aware of a single case of violence against opposition legislators, as the PRI, PAN, PRD and MC benches pointed out that Q4's “hate speech” against them could have consequences of this nature.

Finally, after the scandal against Adán Augusto López Hernández over using a National Guard plane to be transported and support a rally promoting the Revocation of Mandate, Dr. Morenal Ávila endorsed his support and acknowledged his dialogue with the federal executive.

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