Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum made this happen Thursday Prosecutor Alejandro Gertz Manero resignsHe is a crucial official in the security strategy and combating drug trafficking. Gertz came from the government of his predecessor Andrés Manuel López Obrador and when … Sheinbaum arrived at the National Palace in 2024, and has not tendered his resignation, so only now will the president be able to elect her own prosecutor.
This Thursday was a stressful day As the hours passed, Gertz did not submit his resignation letter To apply pressure, Sheinbaum organized a Senate session, if necessary, to remove the Attorney General by legislative account.
Gertz arrived at the prosecutor’s office in 2018, the first year of López Obrador’s government. In Mexico, the Attorney General holds office for nine yearsHis term remains in effect until 2027. The big problem the president has with Geertz, as ABC explained from the National Palace, is that there was a perception in the security cabinet that the prosecutor was not encouraging various investigations against organized crime despite having the information needed to act.
While the opposition indicated this The government expelled Gertz due to the leak of the scandal that affected businessman Raul Rocha Cantú. That while he was being investigated by the Attorney General’s Office for his alleged links to drug trafficking, he walked international catwalks as a 50% owner of the Miss Universe franchise.
The Senate approved Gertz’s resignation from the position of head of the Attorney General’s Office, considering it a step forward “For a serious reason” he decided to be the next Mexican ambassador to a “friendly country”, At the invitation of President Sheinbaum.
With a majority of 74 votes in favor of the ruling party and its allies, and 22 against the opposition that launched criticism, this resignation was approved, which reached the Senate on Thursday, after hours of speculation. Clemente Castañeda, a senator from the Citizens’ Movement, said so Continuing to provide services in the public service cannot be described as dangerous.
“We’re not going to speculate about The real reasons why Attorney General Gertz Manero tries to continue in public service“He has to give those reasons at that time, but we have to determine that reason, that is, whether or not that seems serious enough to us and, from the MC’s point of view, it’s not a serious reason,” he said.
Senator Manuel Añorfi also opposed the decision He emphasized that Gertz’s decision was an instruction from the Sheinbaum governmentwhich was disguised as institutional courtesy.
He criticized, saying: “The Institutional Revolutionary Party cannot, should not and will not accept, try to justify the resignation of the Prosecutor General of the Republic, for another job, for a diplomatic award, for a political movement disguised as a constitutional courtesy. This is not a resignation, it is an instruction, it is a slap on the hand, a seal for a government like Morena, but let’s be serious, the embassy is not a serious issue.”