«There is a need to change the laws to bring order to all water management and we will do it well,» said the official, who headed the morning press conference at the National Palace this Friday, as President Claudia Sheinbaum traveled to Washington for the World Cup draw and is expected to have brief meetings with her counterparts Donald Trump and Mark Carney.
After intense days marked by protests from farmer organizations and opposition, Morena legislators along with their allies ended the legislative process by approving the Water Law and the National Water Law late Thursday night in the Senate.
It was a rapid discussion in the Upper House, where senators prevented the initiative from going to committees and was approved without any changes, in contrast to the discussion in San Lázaro which took place just hours before and was delayed for a day.
These initiatives sparked a wide debate among farmer groups who tried to stop them through several blockades on the country's main highways for several days, and during the discussion in Congress, they still claimed it was a "betrayal," accusing the Ministry of the Interior of closing the dialogue tables.
«Under pressure from farmers, the 4T modifies its water law proposal».
However, on this Friday morning, Rosa Isela Rodríguez, head of the Ministry of the Interior, assured that the tables remained open and accused that it was the peasant groups who failed to comply with the agreements.
Nevertheless, she expressed confidence that the persisting protests can be defused, assuring that last night the groups maintaining blockades in Chihuahua committed to withdrawing.
