Chamber of Deputies Postpone Approval of Mexico's Interior Security Law Yvonne Reyes - The News
go to original December 22, 2016

The Mexican Police have one of the lowest rankings in the world for performance and effective service, according to the 2016 World Police and Internal Security Index (Mientras Tanto)

In the Chamber of Deputies, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) parliamentary group rejected an extraordinary session to approve the Interior Security Law.

Jorge Carlos Ramírez Marín, vice coordinator of the group, said that its is most likely that the approval will be postponed until the next period of legislative sessions, which begin in February. This is due to the fact that in January deputies and senators have work meetings with various secretaries and NGO experts.

“National security is our objective for the start of the new year. With this, we can also revise police command, whether it be unified or mixed, but it is essential that local police forces are in order,” Ramírez Marín said.

He said that the Interior Security Law will need to be able to adapt to the times and should clearly define how long the army will stay on the streets, what the protocol will be and in what situations they will be called upon for support.

Ramírez Marín said that the Secretary of Defense’s demand is valid because after 10 years of the army having left the barracks to help out with local security, they have not been provided with proper legal framework.

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