President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum PardoHe said that his government seeks to guarantee “The right to housing and the city “, although he made a decision to promote legislation in this regard after the march against Gentrification which took place last week in the capital of the country.
During her morning conference of the National Palace, the president indicated that the statements (the process of updating the city region, which implies the movement of its original population with another purchase) is a phenomenon that “should be comprehensive in a complex form” for “the fact that the standard of life in the city is not expected, and especially the cost of income and housing”.
For this, the Mexican ruler said that her government is working on the construction of “social housing” near workplaces, and not on the periphery.
However, he emphasized that the statements in Mexico City It was a long process, created over the course of many years from changes in construction land, especially during previous governments.
On Friday, hundreds of people protested on the streets Roma-RodesThe place that they assured was more expensive for the arrival of foreign people to rent at home and changed the lifestyle of the Mexicans who lived in this area.
The protest caused the reaction of the US Department of National Security (DHS), which invited the Mexicans who settled in the country to support independently, using the post on the march.
The President of Mexico said that its administration will support the head of the Government of Mexico City and mayors of other states, because land use depends on municipal and state policy, although in this regard he excluded the legislation.
Finally, we want the right to housing, which is guaranteed, and the right to the city (…) (which) is to be able to use all the advantages of the city, not being expelled to the periphery, and that there is a social difference between them, ”said the former head of government of Mexico City (2018-2023).
He said that all states would support all municipalities, if so, “to guarantee the right to the city and the right to housing.”
On the other hand, he insisted to condemn “xenophobia and discrimination”, which, in his opinion, manifested itself in the march in the Mexican capital, because he said that “no matter how the legal requirement of people who live in places and violence or hateful speeches could not be accepted”
He recalled that Mexico City lives from migration, because although he was built from local residents, many processes of political asylum and migration continue to occur in this place.
With information EFE
