Chihuahua.- After the lowering of the minimum ages to occupy federal deputies and state secretariats to 18 and 25 years, respectively, representatives of the Morena bench in the State Congress were in favor of harmonizing the law. state to apply these principles.
“Removing barriers imposed on young people is correct,” said Deputy Cuauhtémoc Estrada, coordinator of the bench, noting that Federal Deputy Andrea Chávez provides opportunities for young people who have a lot of talent to contribute.
The plenary session of the Chamber of Deputies unanimously approved on Tuesday with 438 votes, the proposed initiative of Chávez Prieto, which guarantees the political-electoral participation of young people between 18 and 25 years of age, however, only effects are contemplated federal level.
Deputy Leticia Ortega agreed that the fact that young people can vote, but not be voted for, is discriminatory, and it is about guaranteeing the fundamental rights of the population.
On the stigma that young people lack experience to hold public office or make decisions, Andrea Chávez declared: “I don’t know about you, I don’t want experience in the moche, I don’t want experience in the cochupo, I don’t want experience In electoral raccooning, I don’t want experience in tax avoidance and evasion, I don’t want experience in jumping from party to party, leaving aside values, projects, programs, ideological agendas, and visions of the world for coveting positions.” .
Currently, the youth representation only has 10 deputies under the age of 30, out of a total of 500 members, with which he said, almost 30 percent of the Mexican population is excluded from this “mosaic of representativeness”.
