| | |  Editorials | Issues | September 2009 
Congress Women Abandon Their Posts
 Yvonne Reyes - Rumbo De México
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September 04, 2009
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Within 72 hours of the start of the 61st Legislature, 10 deputies have asked for permission to abandon their elected positions. The situation provoked indignation among other legislators and accusations that political parties used women to fulfill gender quotas and get into office, only to later replace them with men. Eight of the 10 legislators who asked permission to leave the legislature are women.
Members of the National Action Party (PAN) accused the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) of resorting to trickery and anti-democratic tactics, in addition to violating electoral laws by having women run for office only to fill gender quotas.
María Antonia Pérez Reyes, PAN deputy, said it´s unfortunate that some parties continue using women only to get positions of power and replace them with men.
She said it disregards the years of history of the fight for women´s rights.
Pérez said it´s an embarrassment that women are being used in politics as tradable commodities.
Enoé Uranga, PRD deputy, also said it´s a shame that women are being used as "political trampolines."
Some members of the PRI came out in favor of their two colleagues that were asking to leave, saying it´s a matter of dignity and respect.
The deputies who asked to leave were: Yulma Rocha Aguilar and Ana María Rojas Ruiz (PRI), Olga Luz Espinosa Morales (Democratic Revolutionary Party-PRD), Patricia Anel Nava Pérez (Labor Party-PT), and from the Green Party, Ivette Ezeta Salcedo, Carolina García Cañón, Kattia Garza Romo, Rafael Pachiano Alamán and Raymundo Vargas Sánez.
The deputies have replacements lined up. Green Party deputy Carolina García Cañón´s replacement is Alejandro del Mazo Maza, the son of Alfredo del Mazo (PRI, State of Mexico Governor 1981-86, among other positions). |
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