Estrada and “El Químico”, mayors in rebellion

It can backfire,” is the response given by Governor Rubén Rocha to journalists who asked for his opinion on the threat made by the mayor of Culiacán, Jesús Estrada Ferreiro, to accuse him of being a “traitor” with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, for having signed the agreement to deduct 50 percent in the receipts of drinking water to the elderly and people with disabilities. He explained that it does not have to prosper, because the mayor asked him to veto the agreement of Congress, but that the law gives him powers to give it the green light and order its publication in the Official State Gazette, so that it enters into force, which he did. In addition to the mayors of Sinaloa’s 18 municipalities, only Culiacan opposed the discounts. And it is that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador at the national level promotes granting support to the most vulnerable groups, so none of his principles are being contravened. But since the beginning of the current administration, not only Estrada Ferreiro, but also the mayor of Mazatlan, Guillermo Benítez have behaved like quarrels. “El Químico” insists by force on holding the carnival of the port, without taking into account the conditions of the pandemic that will predominate at the end of the month.” The ducks want to throw shotguns at him”, as the popular saying goes, and that is that both mayors feel with many influences before officials of the federal government and President AMLO himself, but they do not take into account that Rocha is the highest legal and political authority in the state and that they are also obliged to ensure the welfare of citizens and put aside their whims. The two at the time aspired to be candidates for the governorship, and have aspirations to be nominated as senators or seek again the governorship as soon as their mandates end, but the confrontations between officials of the Fourth Transformation do not benefit anyone, on the contrary they hinder the development of the state. We must be aware of the outcome of these disagreements. Potpourri. The president of the PAN in Ahome, Ariel Aguilar, has practically disappeared from the political landscape during the last few days, perhaps he was overwhelmed with the attack that his business suffered, or still his relations do not fit very well with the new state leader of the party, Roxana Rubio.In the weeks that have elapsed of 2022, Ariel has had only two informative sparks: when he called on the municipal authorities and the population to declare the land rescued from the extinct sugar mill a cultural space and then to give his opinion on the plebiscite for the election of trustees. From then on nothing is known about him. RIGHTS. For human rights defender Óscar Loza Ochoa, the risk of regression in this matter in Sinaloa and even more so in the municipalities is latent, despite the interest of Governor Rubén Rocha to fully comply with respect for individual guarantees. Police corporations are the ones facing the most complaints of rape.” The mayor’s threats don’t take away my sleep”, Governor Rubén Rocha



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