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President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) clarified its decision to veto the commissioners of the National Institute for Transparency, Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data (Henna) who had been appointed on March 1 to the House of Senators.

From the desk of the National Palace, the Chief Executive specified that the decline in the appointments of Yadira Alarcon and Rafael Luna obeyed an alleged act of influentialism“Apparently it didn’t work well.” There was an agreement and I don’t know who carried it out, he said during his traditional morning conference.

Under this tenor, he insinuated that the double appointment was the result of OK among the political benches that “given to candidates”. The activists allegedly involved, according to AMLO, were the opposition party National Action (PAN) and its own National Regeneration Movement (Morena).

“Without a doubt, there was an agreement. How will it be from ‘I’ll give you one and I’ll give you another’?” he asks.

“Everything indicates that the two candidates are divided: one for Morena and the other for the PAN. And that shouldn’t be allowed. (…) Cerro corruption, zero impunity, no negotiations in the dark”.

The Plenary Assembly of the Senate endorsed the appointment of the two INAI advisers.  (MOSES PABLO / CUARTOSCURO.COM)
The Plenary Assembly of the Senate endorsed the appointment of the two INAI advisers. (MOSES PABLO / CUARTOSCURO.COM)

It should be remembered that the appointment of Yadira Alarcón and Luna Alviso sparked controversy in the political circle. However, it was the disagreement over the appointment of the latter that united the members of the blue and cherry bench.

This, due to the charges against Luna for allegedly failed exams applied and lack experience in transparency. An argument that López Obrador supported in his reproach, but without confirming that said “case” corresponded to that of Rafael Luna.

“In one case, the one who got the last place in the standingsleft (designated)”, he expressed and added that “the other case”, of Yadira Alarcón perhaps, was due to an alleged relationship with the militancy of the PAN. “The other case, a person linked to the PAN. Militant almost of the PAN“, he said.

In this way, López Obrador cut his message short:

“They have to understand that we cannot accept these rinses.”

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