Legislators honor Ifigenia Martínez at the Legislative Palace of San Lázaro

This Monday afternoon, deputies, senators, federal government officials and family members of the teacher Ifigenia Martínezwho passed away last saturday, They offered him a tribute with a body present in the session hall of the Chamber of Deputies.

After the condolences and recognition of his academic, political and social activism career by legislators from all parliamentary groups in the gallery, various honor guards were held, made up of members of President Claudia Sheinbaum’s cabinet, legislators and relatives.

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A la mournful ceremony that legislators from all political parties gave him, where on several occasions the applause was prolonged for whoever was the president of Congress, His children attended: Juana Inés, Andrea, Paloma and Alfredo, and several of his eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

During the mourning tribute of the present body, Gerardo Fernández Noroña, President of the Board of Directors of the Senate, highlighted that teacher Ifigenia Martínez completed the delivery of the presidential sash on October 1, despite the fact that her health was declining.

“I want to highlight, indeed, her presence on October 1, because when the General Congress session was, I saw her in very good health, and a month later I was surprised to find her in a wheelchair, with supplemental oxygen and, furthermore, with the information that she had been in intensive care the days before appearing at the inauguration of the first female president of the republic,” he said.

Y He called on his peers to follow his example, and take into account the message of the speech he prepared for the inauguration.but which he no longer read because he was in poor health.

“It has been suggested that in his final speech he calls us to dialogue, but with his example of life he calls us to fight so that we achieve full equality between men and women, that no one, no woman ever again has to face discrimination, difficulties, the obstacles, the prejudices that Ifigenia Martínez and Hernández, and all women suffer, continue to suffer and continue to face every day in our country,” she said.

The deputy Anabell Ávalos (PRI) said that Ifigenia Martínez “was a more than exceptional woman, she was a state woman; “represents the beginning and culmination of women’s historic struggle for access to public life in Mexico.”

And he highlighted his work, over several decades, in the public life of the country; as well as his time at the academy. She said that all this contributed to women being able to access positions that were previously only reserved for men.

“We not only lost a brilliant colleague, but a leftist and revolutionary woman, with whom we agree a lot with her principles and fight for justice,” said the PRI legislator.

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The deputy Carlos Alberto Puente (PVEM) said that talking about Mrs. Ifigenia Martínez“is talking about a figure of the greatest importance in the contemporary history of Mexico.”

“It is not only about who was the president of this assembly and, therefore, also president of the Mexican Congress, but of a woman who throughout her life and career, with talent, dedication and lucidity, opened a gap for all women.”he commented.

And she stressed that she was a pioneer in many areas, such as being the first Mexican woman to obtain a master’s degree from Harvard University, in the United States.

“A woman who was trained to contribute to this country and open the gap for many women, who today we see made a reality in the figure of our president, Dr. Claudia Sheinbaum, Mrs. Ifigenia along with other prominent women of this country, opened step so that today women have a different destiny,” she said.

For its part, Representative Guadalupe Murguía (PAN) referred to the role that teacher Ifigenia Martínez played during the student movement of 1968, when she worked as an academic at UNAM.

“At the time, he faced with enormous dignity one of the darkest moments of our nation, when in 1968 there was an attack on university autonomy and the repression of students. “Her enormous conviction for the defense of the university led her to always rely on her capacity for coordination, dialogue and great integrity.”he said.

“Today we honor a woman with an outstanding career and who has left her influence in different areas of national endeavor, teacher Ifigenia Martínez becomes a lasting example for this and future generations, for men and, of course, also for women, for their effort and contribution to today’s Mexico, let us rescue their vocation for dialogue and search for agreements,” she said.

For her part, the deputy Ivonne Ortega (MC) said that teacher Martínez always fought to have a country of equals“let us make a commitment to her to build bridges, and that this legislature does not bury the causes for which she fought all her life, to honor her is to listen to her, may she rest in peace.”

The coordinator of the PT, Reginaldo Sandoval, highlighted the teacher’s career and her ability to seek consensus in her political life.

“One of the pioneering women of public life in Mexico is leaving, but her ideals, her legislative achievements, her political decisions and her congruence will remain forever. Ifigenia always sought consensus to reach agreements, unite wills and social peace. through dialogue, we will faithfully follow their example,” he said.

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