MEXICO CITY.
For nine opposition governors, the strategy of Hugo López-Gatell Against the pandemic it has cost thousands of Mexicans their lives.
In a joint statement, the leaders of Aguascalientes, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas called for the resignation of the undersecretary of Health by holding him responsible for the health crisis.
They affirmed that it gave a political use to the emergency and did not privilege life, health, national unity and a true state response.
In the document, in which they added the governor of Chihuahua, who later bowed out because he had not been consulted about it, they said that López-Gatell “has stifled local economies, because they never wanted to attend to this epidemic in a coordinated manner and with resources. extraordinary ”.
When asked about the issue, the official ruled out resigning and said he understood that the governors have perceptions They can cause frustration, worry, or anger at reality.
Their specific decisions involve the success or non-success of managing the epidemic because they are health authorities, in accordance with the General Health Law. It is natural that this implies a burden and I express my respects, as I have done on multiple occasions, “he said.
Argued waiting continue collaborating with the leadersBecause the relationship has been constructive and denied that there are problems with them.
9 GOVERNORS ASK FOR THE CESE OF LÓPEZ-GATELL
In a joint statement by the Federalist Alliance, nine governors opposition groups demanded the immediate departure of Hugo López-Gatell, because his containment strategy and sanitary measures to address the pandemic of the covid-19 in Mexico, it has cost the lives of tens of thousands of Mexicans.
They stated that the “prescription” of the undersecretary of Health has had terrible consequences, but he continues to presume that there are beds available and that the hospitals were not saturated as in Italy or New York.
They indicated that the crisis, which is becoming more acute, has no end in sight and, without a doubt, is the responsibility of the person who for five months led, decided and chose to give political use to the emergency before privileging the life, health, national unity and giving a true State response.
They indicated that, despite his mistakes, López-Gatell tries to transfer the responsibility for managing the epidemic to state and municipal governments, through a traffic light that “has stifled local economies, because they never wanted to attend to this epidemic in a coordinated manner and with extraordinary resources.”
The Aguascalientes state leaders, Martín Orozco; Coahuila, Miguel Ángel Riquelme; Colima, José Ignacio Peralta; Durango, José Rosas Aispuro; Guanajuato, Diego Sinhue; Jalisco, Enrique Alfaro; Michoacán, Silvano Aureoles; Nuevo León, Jaime Rodríguez Calderón, and Tamaulipas, Francisco Javier Cabeza de Vaca warned that today Mexico is in the worst case scenario, since the death toll is compounded by the collapse of the national economy, which was already dragging a recession, which began last year.
Initially, the name of the governor of Chihuahua, Javier Corral, appears in the display; however, through a tweet, the state government indicated that the president was not aware of the document and that “by mistake” he was included.
The governors of 40 million Mexicans demand that the federal government immediately remove Hugo López-Gatell and put an expert in the field, with knowledge and humility, to the forefront to fully understand the issues of this health crisis as serious as the one we are going through. The health emergency requires not only a specialist, but a profile with sensitivity, intelligence and a high sense of responsibility that Mr. (López) Gatell lacks and shows it every time he issues contradictory, confusing and incoherent information that the indolent shows us. number of deaths in Mexico ”.
The governors indicated that the population has the right to a decent life, but this is being violated.
They recalled that over more than five months, the use of the face mask has been politicized. “More than 35,000 people had to die in order for López-Gatell to accept, half-heartedly, its usefulness, which has generated confusion in the population.”
They also talked about the economy and assured that the figures do not lie, as the economy fell almost 20 points, a level never seen before. “Today we will be the third country with the most deaths in the world, just below Brazil and the US, which double and triple the population of Mexico. This crisis is expected to leave at least 10 million more poor people.
MEXICO, PLACE 3 IN DECADE
With 46 thousand 688 deaths and 424 thousand 637 cases accumulated since February 27, Mexico will be from the following week with half of the states in red and the other half in orange, according to the update presented yesterday by the undersecretary of health Hugo López-Gatell.
Baja California Sur, Durango, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Zacatecas, Nayarit, Jalisco, Michoacán, Colima, Hidalgo, Puebla, Veracruz, Tabasco and Yucatán are the states that must continue with the restrictions of the red traffic light.
Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Aguascalientes, Querétaro, Guanajuato, State of Mexico, Mexico City, Morelos, Guerrero, Tlaxcala, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Campeche, Quintana Roo, the states in orange.
Regarding the number of deaths by covid-19Mexico overtook the United Kingdom, thus ranking third in the count, according to Johns Hopkins University, behind only the United States (153,314 deaths) and Brazil (92,475 deaths).
We understand the difficulties they face ”
Regarding the letter in which governors identified as the Federalist Alliance request the resignation of Undersecretary López-Gatell, he replied: “It is natural that everyone, and I am sure that these nine governors have different feelings and perceptions that can cause frustration, concern, anger at reality. Their specific decisions involve the success or non-success of managing the epidemic, because they are health authorities, in accordance with the General Health Law. It is natural that this implies a burden and I express my respects to them, as I have done it on multiple occasions ”.
Before, he explained that it was only actually nine governors and not 10, as had been said at the beginning, since the undersecretary himself announced the demarcation of the letter that the governor of Chihuahua Javier Corral made through your Twitter account.
On the other hand, he mentioned that the governors have administrative and political tasksTherefore, their decisions involve the duty to care for the economy and society of the states, which “can cause great stress. There is no single formula to solve it and in each entity they are resolved according to decisions. ”
Finally, hope that everyone, federal and state government, they can continue collaborating.
To begin with, a letter that involves the name and prestige of a governor, in this case, as well as an exemplary, competent governor, who has taken a position of enormous responsibility in terms of the technical conduct of the covid pandemic in Chihuahua, I it seems that it is, from the outset, an element indicative of the character of this proclamation of the 10 governors, ”said the official, who at no time mentioned the possibility of resigning.
Around the epidemiological traffic light He assured that the relationship with the governors has been constructive and denied once again that there are problems with them.
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