PRD Offers Plan to Combat Violence and Insecurity at the Municipal Level The News
go to original August 16, 2016

PRD President Alejandra Barrales upon arrival at the national meeting of mayors of the PRD (Cuartoscuro/Saúl López)

The president of the national Democratic Revolution Party (PRD), Alejandra Barrales, met with PRD mayors from across the country to present a plan to combat the violence and insecurity that exists in their municipalities by attacking poverty and marginalization. In the National Meeting of  Mayors of the PRD, Barrales also proposed actions for the short- to medium-term for municipalities across the entire country that would increase security measures.

She asked mayors to replicate the social programs that are offered by the municipal government of Mexico City, like home-care medical services and educational resources in the most marginalized communities. In her plan she also proposed to transport the families with greatest necessity to the country’s capital so that they could receive medical attention free of charge at least twice a year.

In order to reduce crime in their municipalities, Barrales proposed that the local governments train their security in the specialized centers that operate in Morelos and Mexico City. She also asked state governments to donate their security equipment, like arms, bulletproof vests, and patrol cars, that are no longer in use but remain in good condition, to their municipalities.

“Our state governments can donate equipment that very often goes without use despite being in working condition,” Barrales said. “This equipment can be put to use in the municipalities that often do not have even a single weapon to defend themselves.”

After a moment of silence in memory of those killed while serving, the spokesperson of the for the National Committee of Mayors of the PRD, Evodio Velázquez, urged for a working group to create a strategy for municipal security.

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