Voces del Pueblo (Voices of the People) is a Facebook page that claims to defend freedom of speech in Yucatan.
They say that in our once peaceful state, with a citizenry accustomed to political participation, we are now seeing a worrying trend: intolerance of critical opinions.
The governor, who promoted himself as a kind and conciliatory figure, is showing a very different face, one that responds with a heavy hand instead of listening.
This is not an isolated case. The gas and water repression against women on March 8th, and the use of smoke and tear gas against teachers protesting against the reforms to the ISSSTE Law, add to another worrying trend: the governor’s absence during key crises such as Hurricane Milton in Celestún, the lynching in Tekit, the social unrest in Kanasín, the lack of response to the problem in Sisal, and the environmental devastation in the Cuxtal Reserve, all show a pattern.
It’s no longer just poor crisis management; it’s a form of government that tends toward evasion and authoritarianism, which is a bad combination.
Furthermore, what happened with the lost and found child in Susulá, which ended up being a crude montage with partisan propaganda, is another example of a lack of political skill.
Instead of addressing citizen concerns with sensitivity and leadership, the government is losing itself in pretense, the frivolity of dancing and singing, and a political operation that is quickly losing followers.
The Morena party’s lack of principles is evident, completely lacking the openness to dialogue that its founder, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, supposedly preached.
What we are seeing in Yucatan is a government that, less than six months after taking office, is closing off all opportunities for criticism and responding with a heavy hand to the voices of the people demanding justice.
According to Las Voces del Pueblo, the people of Yucatan do not deserve to be repressed or ignored; they deserve to be heard and to have solutions.
Source: Voces del Pueblo
