Mexico City • The State Coordinating Committee of Education Workers of Guerrero [CETEG] distanced itself from the acts of violence and damage yesterday at the State Legislature, which it attributed to agent "infiltrators" of the Secretariat of Government Relations [SEGOB]. And [CETEG] announced that it has two of them, whom it then delivered to the State Human Rights Commission.
Minervino Morán, CETEG spokesman, interviewed by Milenio TV, reported that they asked the [State Human Rights] Commission to issue a warrant in writing to the Federal Police and other authorities to stop "harassing" the dissident teachers' movement, as he assured that they are entitled to protest.
Morán considered "a threat" the statement made by Secretary of Education, Emilio Chuayffet, who spoke of law enforcement against teachers who do not perform their job. He added that with [this threat] the federal government intends to totally impose its reforms,
"even at the cost of repression, because here in Guerrero there are more than two thousand Federal Police agents intending to repress."
MV Note: See 'Secretary of Education Threatens to Fire Teachers Who Strike'Regarding the damages caused yesterday at the Guerrero State Legislature, he said categorically:
"We distance ourselves from this responsibility, Federal Government [SEGOB] agents infiltrated the movement," and he recalled that one was already detained yesterday and delivered to the State Human Rights Commission.Regarding complaints by employers regarding the CETEG mobilizations, he argued that rather than seek law enforcement, the repression, this sector should require Governor Ángel Aguirre and the State Legislature to resolve and approve fair laws such as those proposed by the dissident teachers.
What is proposed in the decree [proposed by the dissident teachers and] rejected by the State Legislature, he explained, is under the sovereignty of the state and does not violate constitutional principles. They demand free education with more precises approaches, and that the state government grant more budget.
"The same regarding the evaluation, we do not oppose it, we agree, but it has to be democratic, comprehensive training and according to the sociocultural and linguistic [needs] of the state [Guerrero]."And he hurled questions:
"Don't we states have a margin of sovereignty? Do we have to accept everything that comes from the federal government?"Minervino Morán said that the CETEG expects to resume dialogue with the Governor, but hopes that it may be a genuine dialogue, not double-talk, in which the true possibilities for carrying out this decree for its approval in the state may be seen,
"because who else is going to sit down and talk, they say one thing and soon it is another. The Governor and the State legislature have lost credibility."