Breathe
By Gabriela Sotomayor
"A rapist cannot be governor" and a rapist cannot be a minister of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) either. Last week's tragic Tuesday , a day in which we had to digest the triumph of Donald Trump to the presidency of the United States and the same black day in which Minister Alberto Pérez Dayán doubled down with his vote and sided with officialdom. What a disgrace.
We were all relatively calm with the vote of the ministers, we expected an 8 to 3, but Pérez Dayán got cold at the very moment. President Claudia Sheinbaum, in her morning speech that day, said, among other things, that "she was going to wait for the results of the vote" to make a pronouncement. A very clear warning that seemed to say: water because we are watching them and we are taking note. Minister Pérez Dayán received the message.
According to what Alito Moreno said on that Tuesday horribilis "today, in one of the most important sessions in the history of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, we have seen the unusual "twist" that a minister of the Supreme Court has given. I am referring to Minister Alberto Pérez Dayán, who, with his procedural "twist", has ensured that the reform of the ruling party can remove all the judges in the country by means of a tombola. Regarding the same minister, last week we found out, through an Argentinean media portal, that there were complaints against him for "sexual harassment" in the District Attorney's Office of the CDMX. The Minister denied it by sending a reply. But after today's vote, doubts are growing".
And it is not that we have full confidence in Alito, but it is very likely that he is right. It is impossible to understand in the most objective way possible, the vote against Pérez Dayán for such an atrocity, and if the allegations of sexual harassment or rape are serious, much less so. Those crimes do not prescribe and he has to face the justice he claims to defend.
The victims harassed by the minister should step forward and denounce him because a minister of the SCJN cannot be a harasser, nor a rapist, nor anything that resembles him. The ministers must have an impeccable conduct, they are the imparters of justice of the highest body of the Judiciary and as such they must be an example of moral integrity.
If there are doubts about Pérez Dayán's past, he should be investigated to the last consequences, and if he has any dignity, he should be removed from the SCJN to expedite an independent and expeditious investigation. Or will he get away with it?
"Dissenting from the government has its costs. To be an opponent in Mexico today you have to have character, firmness and determination. The government is low, rude and mean in order to achieve its objectives," Alito warned him.
We already know the end of the story, Sheinbaum was very happy, happy, happy, happy, Monreal was very satisfied, Morena was more than happy and the López Obrador family celebrated with laughter and uncovered the champaigne. While the "bad guys" of the story, read the opposition, complained bitterly because Pérez Dayán's vote had dynamited democracy, there will be judges in the country and justice for the quacks. And Pérez Dayán will pay for his alleged crimes? It's only fair!
As former President Ernesto Zedillo said in an interview with Ciro Perez Leyva (5/11): Behind the reform to the Judiciary "is tyranny" and hinted that one of those responsible for the creation of this Machiavellian reform is Minister Arturo Zaldívar "who does not deserve any respect", launched Zedillo whom I consider a true hero of democracy. Mexicans are sinking between constitutional reforms and are left defenseless in the administration of justice. More than a fairy tale, it seems like a Greek tragedy. They always end badly.
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