President Claudia Sheinbaum stated on Monday that the road blockades carried out by farmers and transporters, who demand fair prices for corn and greater highway security, are not due to a lack of attention from the federal government. In her morning press conference, she affirmed that there are open channels for negotiation and that the Ministry of the Interior (Segob) will detail the status of the working tables in the coming hours. «The Secretary of the Interior, Rosa Icela Rodríguez, will give a press conference later; it is important that everyone knows that they have been attended to, there have been working tables, so it is not that they are blocking because there is no dialogue, there is dialogue,» the head of state said. Sheinbaum pointed out that some groups have incorporated the discussion of the General Water Law, currently under legislative analysis, into their protests. «Now some already bring up the issue of the Water Law. The Water Law is being discussed in Congress, a forum was even opened; of course, those who have monopolized concessions do not like the Water Law, but it is also necessary to keep moving forward,» she affirmed. The president insisted that there are institutional channels to process demands. «There is dialogue, working tables and forums in Congress so that opinions can be expressed,» she added. She announced that the head of the Ministry of the Interior will offer a specific report on the treatment that protesters have received and on the groups that maintain road closures. «So the Secretary will give a conference on how they have been attended to and also who are the ones who are stopping, who are closing the roads,» she noted.
