Although the event is national, it could become massive in the country's capital. Andy wants to postpone the recall until 2028 to measure forces within the 4T for 2030. 'This is not the first time the obradorato has used the CNTE to sabotage a protest in the Zócalo,' wrote Fernando Belaunzarán, a spokesperson for the opposition group Somos México, referring to the clash between dissident teachers and the Pink Tide at the same point in May 2024, during Xóchitl Gálvez's campaign closing. 'We don't see the need to come to the National Palace, it's not that there's no dialogue, the doors are open, we are going to Oaxaca, even to work with them. Now, without prior notice, they have returned to the Zócalo demanding that commitments to the unionized be fulfilled. Caray. However, in the opposition's leadership, the presence of the new CNTE encampment is explained for other reasons. 'And the CNTE appears before them,' wrote journalist Julio Astillero, attributing the presence of the teachers' union against Generation Z. In response, the CNTE stated about Generation Z and the Sombrero Movement: 'We don't know them, we don't discredit them, but we are not going to join them or get in their way,' clarified to the press Isael González, leader of CNTE Section Chiapas. 'What we seek is labor justice, social justice, because we not only fight for the rights of workers, but also for public education throughout the country.' This is not the first time the obradorato has used the CNTE to sabotage a protest in the Zócalo. López Obrador sent them to take over the plaza on the day of the Pink Tide rally with Xóchitl Gálvez, and citizens literally walked all over them. Today they want to do the same with... This Saturday, the so-called Generation Z group will hold a much-anticipated protest against the Federal Government following the murder of Uruapan's mayor, Carlos Manzo. This Wednesday, the issue of the walled-off Zócalo in Mexico City reached the morning press conference at the National Palace, where President Claudia Sheinbaum justified the barriers and stated that the presence of dissident teachers from the National Coordination of Education Workers (CNTE) is because 'they are joining with the right.' Sheinbaum Pardo's reproach raised the usual tone against the teachers. [...] Now it turns out that two days before a protest is called, coincidentally, they are going to protest,' she said. This is because the teachers confirmed they will set up in the city's downtown area as they have done before, until their demands are met: a larger budget for education and health, as well as the repeal of the 2013 Education Reform and the 2007 ISSSTE Law, according to Pedro Hernández. Hernández Morales is the secretary of CNTE Section 9, located in CDMX, and was one of those who set up an encampment last May that was dismantled hours before the first-ever Judicial Elections in the country's history. 'Today they want to do the same with the Generation Z and Sombrero group's march next Saturday,' added the former federal deputy from the PRD, feeding the hypothesis of 'radical groups' led by the government to create chaos in the streets and deflate protests. 'We don't know who they are, what their demands are.'
