:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/A4CZBQPXZ5AFHB7WHWLCRUOATA.jpg "AMLO presented a reform of Article 33 which avoids deporting foreigners for political reasons")
The President’s Government Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador sent this Wednesday an initiative to the House of Representatives reform the constitutional article 33with which you are looking prevent the deportation of foreigners whether they have an opinion or participate in issues The politicians from the country.
According to the project, this is a modification in harmony with what is established in the Section 1 of Magna Carta which expressly provides that in Mexico “everyone should enjoy human rights”as the free manifestation of ideas.
However, the third paragraph would be repealed of the article, with which protection is guaranteed to foreigners despite the interference in internal affairs, it would look like this:
“Foreigners are those who do not possess the qualities determined in Article 30 of the Constitution and enjoy the human rights and guarantees recognized by this Constitution, their right to the free expression of ideas is therefore guaranteed”
It should be mentioned that currently the Constitution stipulates that Everyone has the right to enter the Republic, to leave it, to travel through its territory and to change residence.without the need for a security letter, passport, safe conduct or other similar requirements.
However, the document points out that national security must be preservedTherefore, it reserves the right to expel foreigners when it is proven that their stay in Mexico constitutes “a risk or an affectation” for the country, always after a hearing and when the administrative procedures before the competent authority have been exhausted.
“The one in which the exceptions that justify its limitation must be perfectly defined, founded and reasoned”
The initiative emphasizes that Mexico’s sovereignty has been consolidated regionally and globally. Also, it is specified that the country has not been attacked by foreigners or foreign powers that endanger our democratic organization.
In 2020, approximately 1.2 million foreigners lived in Mexico, including more than 797 million from the United States.
It all started in December 2022, when the former president of PAN Felipe Calderon (2006-2012) called for the expulsion of controversial Morena adviser, Abraham Mendietewho is fromand Spain
And it is that Mendieta demanded the expulsion of legislator Adela Ramos from the Morena party for having voted against “Plan B” of electoral reform, promoted by López Obrador.
“The one who should be expelled from the country for interfering in political affairs that only concern Mexicans and not foreigners is you, according to the Constitution. Out! (sic),” writes Calderón.
However, AMLO came out in defense of the Spaniards and announced that it was considering repealing the third paragraph of Article 33, as it stated that “these are other times” and now citizenship “It’s totally free.”
That same month, the Ministry of the Interior (Segob) removed from the list of unwanted people to the French singer Manu Chaowho in 2009 criticized the government of Mexico, then that of Calderón, for the repression of demonstrations in San Salvador Atenco in 2006.
While in 2021, Morena’s supporters demanded to apply Article 33 to the voice leaders who went to Congress to present the Madrid Charter, which López Obrador refused.
And in 2014 there was a controversy with Chile for the arrest of the Chilean musician Laurent Maxwell Ilabaca during a demonstration after the disappearance of the 43 students from Ayotzinapa in September of this year.
“Nothing should limit freedom and all these alleged crimes related to insulting authority must be eliminated,” said López Obrador last Monday.