Mexico’s new President has declared the drug mafia in the fight and wants to back the votes of the citizens to the centre. Drug use in the future not a safety issue but a health issue.
Peace instead of war drumming, more attention for the social causes of crime, and a clear Focus of the security forces on human rights: these are the guidelines of the security strategy of Andres Manuel López Obrador, of the 1. December in Mexico, the presidency. His ideas to end the bloodshed in the for over a decade-long war on drugs López Obrador, Amlo called, this week in Mexico city. At the event, victims ‘ associations and civil society were in the forefront, the results of the peace forums, which were held on Amlos suggestion in the past months throughout the country.
Eunice Rendon, coordinator of the citizens network’s Viral “ability of listening”: praises have shown “The forums, how deep the distrust is rooted to the state. To build new bridges between the government and the population is one of the great challenges,” said the University Professor of the DW. “People want to listen to them. And the new government has shown that she’s not afraid, even if it is sometimes noisy, aggressive or chaotic on the forums”. In the participation she sees the “recognition of a new strategy”, which was, of course, “still very fragmented”. Ambiguity prevails at the moment on key issues such as human rights groups criticized the security law, the Amlos predecessor Enrique Peña Nieto signed yet and is currently being examined by the Supreme court on its constitutionality. The safety act militarized, according to critics, the public space and guarantees the armed forces impunity – although you have committed often serious human rights violations.
The demand of the citizens, according to a representative for the Missing in Mexico, met with open ears
Change of course in terms of drugs
Present at the event in Mexico city, are also key characters were in Amlos future safety Cabinet as interior Minister Olga Sánchez Cordero and security Minister, Alfonso Durazo. Falko Ernst of the Crisis Group Mexico had expected that he would be introduced to a detailed programme: “The project to demilitarise the security policy is commendable, however, is still not addressed in the Detail of how this is to be implemented, without falling into old patterns,” he criticized. Not all of what the civil society demands, will be implemented. Open ears, the call for a Commissioner for Missing thrust; a truth Commission should, however, only in the case of the missing 43 student teachers from Ayotzinapa.
A change of Course is imminent in drug use. Contrary to the regional Trend towards more Repression and control of Mexico will set the new government on a legalization and drug use as a health Problem does not define, as a safety issue. The future interior Minister Sánchez Cordero leaves no doubt. But here, too, the devil is in so far not known in Detail which model will be applied and whether this will only apply to marijuana or other drugs such as cocaine and Opium is, as yet, unclear.
In Mexico, soldiers clearing a poppy field in the state of Chihuahua, to the heroin glut counteract to
Transparency and accountability
Apparently, Amlo of a General Amnesty has moved away, as he had proclaimed in the election campaign. This point was met in the forums and on firm rejection of the victims, truth and justice demanded that, before one can talk about forgiveness. Since 2006, came in the drug war in Mexico, about 234,000 people have been killed; more than 30,000 have disappeared.
The Analyst Seriously, the main problem in the involvement of security forces with organised crime: “this cycle to break, need to be created to be an effective means for transparency and accountability. As long as this does not happen, are restructuring – such as the proposed division of Mexico in 265 territories – see critical. Here, the military and the police are supposed to operate Hand-in-Hand prevention and against organized crime.” Who is going to control the security organs and their deep-seated, anti-democratic culture is to reform, is still unclear. “Political will is present, but not alone.”