Mexico City, Mexico — On February 5, Mexico celebrated the 108th anniversary of the country’s 1917 Constitution. President Claudia Sheinbaum took the opportunity to announce a new reform proposal.
Sheinbaum announced that she will send two constitutional reforms to the Congress of the Union that will guarantee non-reelection and the expressed prohibition of nepotism in elected positions.
“Today, February 5, I cannot let the date pass, so I am sending to the Congress of the Union two new constitutional reforms. The first, in honor of the Constitution of 1917, no reelection to any elected office. Effective suffrage, no reelection!
“The second, the express prohibition that no family member can immediately succeed another in an elected office, that is, no nepotism. Our fight for democracy and against any form of corruption is a matter of principles,” she said.
From the Teatro de la República, Sheinbaum stressed that the Constitution is the shield with which the nation is defended, therefore, she recalled that Mexico is a free, sovereign and independent country that will always seek cooperation with other nations, without subordination.
“We are not a colony of anyone, nor a protectorate of anyone! They may threaten us with any outrage, but we will never allow them to violate our sovereignty and trample on the dignity of our people and our country.
“Cooperation, yes, subordination, no. Collaboration, yes, submission, no. No interference, no interventionism, no racism, no classism. Yes to the defense of our Constitution. Yes to the defense of our freedoms. Yes to the defense of democracy. Yes to the defense of the country!” she said.
During her Wednesday speech, Sheinbaum said that the Constitution lost its social and nationalist vision in 1982 with the beginning of the neoliberal period, which through nearly 500 reforms privatized public assets and natural resources, the country’s development was subordinated to external interests and a large part of the welfare state was dismantled.
She pointed out that it was a situation that changed in 2018 with the arrival of former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador who, in 2024, sent a series of initiatives that recovered the social meaning of the 1917 Constitution which were supported by the people of Mexico with the election of the first female President of the Republic.
“Perhaps one of the most important and profound reforms that were sent, and that today is part of the Constitution that we all honor to respect, is the reform to the Judicial Branch.
Based on Article 39 which establishes that all public power comes from the people and is instituted for their benefit, the people decided that judges, magistrates and ministers be elected by the people of Mexico. On June 1st, there will be an election in our country,” she said.
On Wednesday, Mara Lezama accompanied President Claudia Sheinbaum to the 108th anniversary of the promulgation of the 1917 Constitution
“Today we are accompanying our President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo to commemorate the 108th anniversary of the 1917 Constitution from the historic Teatro de la República in Querétaro.
“Throughout its history, our Magna Carta has been reformed to respond to the demands for social justice and well-being of the Mexican people,” said the head of the Executive.
“Today more than ever we remember the greatness of our country. Mexico is free and independent and we will never allow our sovereignty to be violated, nor our dignity trampled on. We defend our freedoms, democracy, the Constitution, because we are a sovereign country with a brave people,” Lezama said.
“Long live Mexico and long live the Constitution!”
