Translated by Noah Burton
The Citizens' Popular Police (PCP) adopted the
The Regional Coordinator of Security and Justice of the PCP, which operates in the municipalities of Olinalá, Cualác, Huamuxtitlán, and Ahuacotzingo, in the Montaña Alba region of Guerrero, declared:
The Citizens' Popular Police (PCP) adopted the
“Constitution of the Citizen System of Security and Justice (SSJC) in all of our municipalities as the fundamental instrument for guaranteeing the security and well-being of families and communities.”The group also outlined the creation of a council of government for security and justice in every local government to resolve conflicts between community members.
The Regional Coordinator of Security and Justice of the PCP, which operates in the municipalities of Olinalá, Cualác, Huamuxtitlán, and Ahuacotzingo, in the Montaña Alba region of Guerrero, declared:
“We are indigenous Mexicans and we are proud of our origins and our idiosyncrasies, our language and our cultural traditions; we are loyal patriots and we take responsibility for our actions, and because of that we will not resort to the politics of lies that others so often do. We will demand that those who are in power carry out their constitutional obligation to bring development to our villages."Furthermore, she said in a statement,
“We are citizen police, from the community, and our presence is a political expression of the need for self-protection; we are not a ‘self-defense force,’ as other groups are sometimes known. We were neither born to be police officers, nor would we, if we had a choice, choose that much maligned job.”The same statement added that:
“The National Crusade Against Hunger, an offshoot of the Pact for Mexico, set in motion by President Enrique Peña Nieto and the Secretary of Social Development Rosario Robles Berlanga, is an early attempt at conditioning citizens to vote in favor of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), a traditional form of political behavior from this party."The group's statement concluded:
“However, handing out money is not the solution; it is a populist, patronizing practice that has proven ineffective in the past.”