Teachers demonstrated for layoffs, blaming pressure to support PRI-Edomex campaign

The importance of gubernatorial election for him State of Mexico is essential for the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), as it seeks to maintain one of its most important remaining strongholds, even if its candidate leaves second place in voter preference despite the fact that the campaign has not yet officially started.

While media pressure for the gubernatorial election of Edomex have already startedsince the teachers shouting “Unity, Unity”, demonstrated in front of the central offices of Educational services integrated into the State of Mexico (SEIEM), located in the municipality of Tultitlán. This event, which also took place simultaneously in the municipalities of Ecatepec and Nezahualcoyotlwas due to the various dismissals of his colleagues from the Directorates of Education and Heads of Departments of the SEIEM, caused by the non-support for the political campaign of the Priist Alejandra Del Moral Vela.

The bone General Secretaries of Sections 36 and 17 of the National Union of Education Workers (SNTE), Rigoberto Vargas Cervantes there Eliud Terrazas Ceballosrespectively, expressed their disagreement with the said dismissals and called the Governor to Stop Harassment not to support the PRI candidate and his party.

“National Union of Education Workers Locals 17 and 36 express our disagreement with the instruction issued by the Education Secretary Gerardo Monroy Serrano remove from office Directors of Education and Heads of Department of SEIEM so as not to be tied to the political interests he represents,” they said in a statement.

Similarly, union leaders have accused the state government, through the Education Secretary state imposed in the directorates of education and the various seats of the people close to the representatives of Political parties, which aims to put pressure on them to support the candidate for state government, Alejandra Del Moral, who so far has not raised his pre-campaign. Taxes complaining are Jorge Luis Espinosa Lopez, as head of the General Secondary Schools Department of the Valley of Mexico and Francisco Franco Gonzalez Molinawith the figure of the Deputy Director of Primary Education of the Ecatepec region.

“They intend to intimidate and politically condition federalized education workers, in addition to jeopardizing the stability of the education sector, ignoring the supreme right of children and young people to receive an education”, agreed the two leaders.

The bone teacher representatives of one of the most important sections of the Valley of Mexico, require the reinstatement of directors and department heads and stop it harassment and benefit conditioning education workers shift in political support.

On the other hand, despite the fact that the campaigns have not officially started and that the pre-candidates have not registered with the Electoral Institute of the State of Mexico (IEEM), events related to the electoral process of all kindsonly until PRI and Morenistas They were accused of interfering there.

At the time, the leader of the PRI, Eric Seville, indicated that he would not allow federal government interference nor of any of its officials, in Mexican electoral processthis for a video in which he appeared Delfina Gomez on the SEP website, speaking of basic education in the country, “if they demand a level floor, they are ready to respect it”.

For his part, the campaign coordinator of Delfina GomezHorace Duarte Olivares said he had filed 23 complaints with the National Electoral Institute (INE) and the IEEMfor various anomalies against the PRI candidate, Alejandra del Moral Vela, although to date it is not known whether the corresponding authorities have followed up on them or whether the said complaints have been rejected.

In fact, the most notorious case of a civil servant intervening in the Mexican election and costing him his job was the former head of social communications in the government of Alfredo del Mazo, Jorge Perez Zamudiowhich was highlighted by Duarte Olivares to send notes with all their titles to local media, which have an advertising agreement with the state government, to disqualify Delfina Gómez.