Over a Thousand From Vallarta Join the March for Democracy Javier Frías - Quadratín Jalisco
go to original February 19, 2024

Puerto Vallarta joined the national march for democracy in which millions of Mexicans are defending the institutions from what they consider to be the threat of the government headed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

In the case of Puerto Vallarta, a little more than 1000 people marched from Hidalgo Park to the arches of the Malecon, demanding respect for the institutions, democracy and that security and respect for the electoral results of June 2nd be guaranteed.

At the Malecon arches, the only speaker, the leader of the Business Coordinating Council, Arnulfo Ortega Contreras, spoke about the importance of this movement and the urgency to defend the institutions.

"Today we are gathered in this place, we have marched in defense of our democracy and the institutions that represent it, our voice is being raised in a historic way for our Municipality and for our country since, in parallel, this event is multiplying in more than one hundred cities that in unison, in a strong and powerful way we will shout the slogan of our democracy is not touched," expressed the business leader.

We are gathered in this event - he added - "we are free citizens and we are here of our own free will, making use of our right to demonstrate and raising our voice to defend the institutions of the Mexican State that represent democracy in this country."

"We are here to defend INE, the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation and, above all, our Democracy that has cost us so much, that is why we want 'La Democracia No Se Toca' to be heard loudly."

He said that only in a state of law, individual and collective welfare can be achieved (...) "The exclusion and disqualification of those who hold ideas different from the current government, is not the right path, on the contrary, it is a sign of oppression to ideas, to people, to the organized society that seeks and fights for a Mexico with a better development model."

"The defense of democracy that we are making today, is given in response to the mistreatment and humiliations of an authoritarian government, which believes that its occurrences are better than any idea of the citizens."

"Our struggle and our demands to have a true democratic state will be constant and energetic, we will demand by all means the defense of all the institutions that have strengthened democracy. We do not want to reach the point of losing basic rights such as freedom of expression, the protection of the integrity of individuals, human rights, that is why we will defend the existence of constitutional courts, autonomous and independent from the executive and legislative powers," he said.

"That is why we will continue shouting: democracy is not to be touched," he pointed out.

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This material was translated from Spanish using AI technologies. Errors may exist due to this process.

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