With questions about the insecurity that persists in the current government of Rutilio Escandon Chainsits three candidates to govern Chiapas They presented their proposals in a debate organized by the state electoral body.
As part of the 2024 Ordinary Local Electoral Process, the Institute of Elections and Citizen Participation (IEPC) From chiapas held this Sunday, May 5, the First Debate among the candidates for the governorship of the State.
In this debate participated the candidate Oscar Eduardo Ramirez Aguilarfrom the coalition Let’s continue making history in Chiapas; Karla Irasema Muñoz Balanzarfrom the Citizen Movement Party and Olga Luz Espinosa Moralesfrom the coalition Strength and heart for Chiapas.
The debate was held in the forum of the Chiapas System of Radio Television and Cinematography and four topics were addressed: Economic Development, Security and Justice, Social Development and Society. The moderators, the journalists Karina Jeannette Toalá Bezares and Miguel Ángel Osio Trejo.
What do the Chiapas candidates propose?
Olga Luz Espinosa Morales He questioned the government of Escandón Cadenas by always describing it as a “misgovernment”, which he said has done little for the people of Chiapas, since there are more and more crimes and that the security tables have little impact on reducing insecurity in the state.
He explained that There are regions of the state where the insecurity and violence there doesn’t seem to be an end and that in his campaign he has had to be in municipalities like Siltepec, in the heart of the Sierra Madre of Chiapas, where the cry of the people of Chiapas is for there to be peace.
He raised the end femicidal violence and that the budget will be increased to work and guarantee the rights of all women who have been victims of gender violence.
Eduardo Ramirez raised the urgent need for creation of “a tactical group”a specialized group to combat crimes in the area that corresponds to state authorities.
Furthermore, he raised a reform of the State Judicial Branch to provide judges and magistrates with all the tools so that crimes do not go unpunished.
He said that there will be a firm hand to combat crimes against women, since Chiapas continues to be a state where femicides continue to be a type of crime to worry about.
The MC candidate, Karla Muñoz He pointed out that it is urgent to guarantee security for the people of Chiapas, since there can be no development if there is no security in Chiapas. He said that For the economy and investment in the state to explode, it is necessary to guarantee security but it will be useless to promote the entity to attract investors.
Muñoz said that Chiapas “has a major educational gap,” and that in addition to scholarships, free public transportation is urgently needed for the lowest-income boys, girls and young people.
Espinosa Morales proposed scholarships for indigenous girls, boys, and youth, but also proposed an inclusion program for people with disabilities and their integration into various educational levels.
The coalition candidate, Ramirez Aguilar praised the Fourth Transformation government headed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and its Welfare programs that have given results to combat poverty. And that this will continue with the future president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo.
HE proposed to generate the transformative woman programAll this after June 3, as soon as he wins the governorship, the creation of a state registry will begin to give better opportunities to women, children and young people.
He said that from his position as Senator of the Republic he approved the creation of all the federal government programs and that they have benefited Mexicans and in particular the people of Chiapas, so in his government this will be intensified for each and every one of the homes of the entity.
Olga Luz Espinosa questioned that in 2018 there were 936 thousand Chiapas without access to health, but unfortunately this year it is estimated that there are more than two million Chiapas without access to health. Ramírez Aguilar maintained that he will guarantee the continuity of all state and federal government programsbut even more so with Sheinbaum in the presidency, a “universal scholarship” will be established for all the boys, girls and young people of Chiapas.
Karla Muñoz proposed improving the educational system and health systems in Chiapas and that he will seek to ensure that there is the right personnel for prevention, but above all for the care of users, that there is a supply of medicines and not limitations. “Connectivity is urgent in Chiapas,” said Ramírez Aguilar, so his government in addition to working with the new Secretariat of Digital Innovationwill promote the digital education system and a digital government.
He explained that talented and outstanding young people in sports will have the full support of their government to develop their capabilities.
About sexual diversity, a question posed to Olga Luz Espinosa responded that she is “an ally” of the LGBTTI community in Chiapasso it will be guaranteed that there is no discrimination against this vulnerable sector.
He said that the Equality Secretariatwill be divided to create the Institute of Sexual Diversity, so that in its government all people have all their rights guaranteed.
He said that his government will ensure that come back full time schoolsthat children’s stays return, especially that in each public university there are children’s stays, in addition to stays for older adults.
Karla Muñoz said that she will become the defender of the rights of children in Chiapas, in coordination with national and international organizations, to also work to prevent children from falling into networks of sexual exploitation and child labor.
At the Debate headquarters, the electoral counselors were presentMaría Magdalena Vila Domínguez, provisional president, Sofía Martínez De Castro León, Edmundo Henríquez Arellano, Teresa Jesús Alfonso Medina, Helena Margarita Jiménez Martínez and Gloria Esta Mendoza Ledesma.
