Javier Duarte supported the candidacy of Rocío Nahle for governor of Veracruz: “Everything else is ignorance or grid”

Javier Duarte and Rocío Nahle (Special)

After the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) invalidated the so-called Nahle Law, which contemplated the possibility that the head of the Secretary of Energy (Sener) be a candidate for the governorship of Veracruz, Javier Duarte joined the discussion and defended that the official can participate in the elections and everything else is “ignorance”.

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The former PRI governor assured through social networks that the “dilemma” that has developed around the aspiration of Rocío Nahle is a “false debate”, since so many legislative tricks are not necessary for this to be possible.

“The dilemma of whether or not Rocío Nahle can be Governor of Veracruz is a false debate and anyone with basic notions of law knows it.”

Rocío Nahle (Twitter/rocionahle)

He explained that, although the Supreme Court concluded that the so-called Nahle Law was unconstitutional, “it was unnecessary for Rocío Nahle to be Governor of Veracruz.”

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The head of Sener assured that she meets the requirements to be a candidate and that for now she is applying helping the president with the transformation of the country

He added that the Constitution of the entity, which is the one that contained the controversial Nahle Law, “is a secondary Law that emanates from the Federal Constitution, which is the Supreme Law and by elementary logic is the predominant law.”

It must be remembered that the Nahle Law refers to article 11 of the local Constitution, which was modified in August 2022, to add the third fraction that indicated: “Mexicans born outside the state territory, with Veracruz children, are Veracruzans. or with an effective residence of five years in Veracruz territory.

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However, given the controversy presented by local deputies from the National Action Party (PAN) and the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) last year, on January 31 the SCJN considered it unconstitutional.

The dilemma of if @rocionahle she can be Governor of Veracruz or not, it is a false debate and anyone with basic notions of law knows it. 1/4

— Javier Duarte (@Javier_Duarte) February 2, 2023

Javier Duarte, in “defense” of the aspiration of the Secretary of Energy to the aforementioned governorship, assured that “Art. 116 of the Federal Constitution clearly establishes the requirements to be Governor and whether we like it or not, Rocío Nahle meets them. Everything else is ignorance or grid”.

In the Article mentioned by the also accused for various patrimonial crimes, for which he must spend several years in prison, he indicates in subsection “b” that: “Only a Mexican citizen by birth and native of it may be constitutional governor of a State , or with effective residence of not less than five years immediately prior to the day of the elections, and be 30 years old on the day of the election, or less, if so established by the Political Constitution of the Federative Entity”.

In this way, being originally from Río Grande, Zacatecas, would not prevent Nahle from being able to participate as a Morena candidate for governor of Veracruz.

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Despite being born in another entity, Rocío Nahle has developed several activities in Veracruz, such as a diploma in Economic Viability in Industrial Processes, at the Universidad Veracruzana.

He also began his working life in the Pajaritos, Cangrejera and Morelos petrochemical complexes of Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), located in Coatzacoalcos. Likewise, she Nahle, she is a licensed senator from Veracruz, since since 2018 she assumed ownership of Sener for an indefinite period of time.

In addition to the indirect support of Javier Duarte, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) supported the official and, similar to the PRI, said that if he wins the party’s internal poll, there will be no problem with him reaching the polls to be voted on. in the next elections.

During the morning conference, the federal president reiterated that the decision of the SCJN to invalidate the so-called Nahle Law is not an obstacle and recalled that he has been a deputy and senator from Veracruz.

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