Mexicans for Oaxaca Power Removal

The representation of the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) at the Senate presented on Friday a new demand over the elimination of powers in Oaxaca, which includes evidence and a report by the National Human Rights Committee (CNDH).

PRD deputy coordinator Ricardo Monreal said the request, the third one, has new evidence human rights were violated in that southern Mexican state so the removal of local governor Ulises Ruiz proceeds.

He noted that although the document also has various elements guaranteeing the decision, there is no political desire by the governing National Action and Revolutionary Institutional parties to reach an agreement on it.

According to Monreal, this demand is added to incidents in the latest months such as homicides, abdications, unjustified arrests and illegal transfers of prisoners.

It also included the report of CNDH chair Jose Luis Soberanes denouncing a series of constant human rights violations of the Oaxaca people.

Meanwhile, the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO) reported new detentions of its supporters, which illustrates that while the local government assures it will resume talks it keeps its repressive stance in the territory.