In a remote message transmitted in the room where the morning conference was held without him, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador affirmed that he will not allow the CNTE teachers to hold him hostage to political interests.
This morning, the federal president was going to lead the meeting of his security cabinet with local authorities in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, however, from 6:00 in the morning, around 400 members of the National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE) prevent him from entering the headquarters of the Seventh Military Region.
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In the intervention, the head of the federal Executive reproached the teachers for the treatment they are giving him, pointing out that as never before his government has listened to the teachers and addressed their demands, such as the repeal of the educational reform of Enrique Peña Nieto’s six-year term. .
“They prevented us from entering on the condition that we attend to them immediately and resolve their demands; I cannot allow that because the president cannot be held hostage by anyone, we have assisted teachers from Mexico and we will continue to serve them, ”said the federal president from his truck and while listening to slogans from the CNTE.
“We are going to be here as long as it takes. This is part of the transformation process that is taking place in front of a military barracks, do not use force, do not subject ourselves to blackmail by these groups and resist, “he said.
López Obrador indicated that the magisterial leaderships of the National Coordinator are subject to vested interests in both Chiapas and Michoacán, which is why they cannot submit their inauguration to blackmail of this type that has nothing to do with the bases.
“I am not going to enter by force, there are not many, I could enter to carry out the conference and I decided not to, it is a protest on my part so that these groups do not exceed and abuse, respect, because what they do is completely illegal, undue, “he added.
At the end of the message, the press conference that was led by Rutilio Escandón Cárdenas, governor of Chiapas and Rosa Icela Rodríguez, head of Security, was abruptly interrupted.
Minutes later and after almost two and a half hours stopped by the blockade of the magisterium, President López Obrador managed to enter the barracks.
According to the versions you have accessed Forbes Mexico, CNTE professors demand that the President of the Republic reactivate his savings banks and dialogue on an educational reform.
The federal president has a tour of various municipalities in Chiapas, so he asked for patience to be able to reach those places.
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