Breathe
By Lilia Aguilar Gil
It is not just about one person, it is about an event that deeply hurts women. The case of the failed desafuero of Congressman Cuauhtémoc Blanco is evidence of a justice system that does not work, that puts the victims at a serious disadvantage. It seems that we women are the ones who must not only come forward to denounce, but also bring all the evidence of what we point out and, on top of everything, irrefutable evidence, in other words, make the prosecutors' offices work and prevent them from dismissing a case due to a poor integration of the corresponding investigation file.
This is like arriving with a complaint, with how difficult it must be to speak and report a case of rape or alleged rape and being told simply and plainly: "no thanks". Impunity continues to be the only door that opens when it comes to gender violence.
Recent studies in Mexico estimated that more than 70% of 50.5 million women and girls over the age of 15 have experienced some type of violence in their lives, of which 11% experienced violence in their homes(1). This is alarming, 7 out of 10 women in Mexico have been violated, but that seems not to be important, the numbers are cold, they have no face until a case comes up and we recognize it, we name those women and we know part of the story.
The case of Nidia Fabiola has an extra ingredient, her alleged aggressor is a person with power who has used it to avoid being brought to justice and being investigated. And this is the most frustrating fact, because as if the disadvantages that we face in a process were not enough, in addition to that, the possible aggressor has the mantle of privilege, that is, a privilege that allows legislators not to be judged.
The jurisdiction, a figure created 100 years ago, is now completely obsolete. But for people like Blanco Bravo, they obviously work to evade justice, and that is what is disappointing, what makes us rethink whether we are on the right path in the administration of justice, although the obvious answer seems obvious.
No one was prejudging, no one was saying whether Representative Cuauhtémoc Blanco is guilty or not, that is not for us to decide, what we did point out was that the Instructing Section should have done its job, there was no exhaustiveness, there was no adherence to the rules and such opacity cannot be in the Fourth Transformation.
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