In a statement to the Chamber, the committee states that
"the law, consisting of 34 articles and two rules for implementation, states that this only could be granted in case of invasion (entry without authorization by the armed forces of another country to any part of the territory) and grave disturbance of the public peace (situations of violence that disturb social stability and jeopardize the integrity, security or freedom of the population and represent a threat to the ability of state institutions to address them)."
"Also, in situations of serious danger or conflict (exceptional circumstances that generate damages to the population due to health, environmental, climatic, chemical or physical factors, or for actions that expose them to emergencies or disasters, whether natural or anthropogenic)," it explained.The approved draft legislation
"specifies that the President of the Republic must submit for consideration by the Congress or its Permanent Committee [when Congress is not in session], where appropriate, the draft decree to declare a restriction or suspension. These sovereign bodies will have to consider the case for obvious and urgent resolution and vote on it within a period no longer than 48 hours and convene a special session if necessary.
"In Chapter IV, the bill establishes the Parliamentary Control of Congress over the restriction and suspension of rights and guarantees. To this end, the President is required to provide detailed reports on the administrative and legislative measures, their implementation and development of the situation every 30 days during the time the decree is in force.
"An emergency measure will be lifted after the expiration of the deadline set for it; when the causes that gave rise to it have disappeared; by decree of Congress or the President, as the law requires in its final articles.
"In addition to the endorsement of the Committee on Government, the document must also be approved by the Human Rights Committee before being put to the consideration by the full Chamber of Deputies."In addition, the Supreme Court must also rule on the constitutionality and validity of such decrees.
The opinion was adopted with the majority vote of the parties, except Morena [Movement for National Regeneration]; the Citizens Movement abstained.
The vice president of the Chamber, Mercedes del Carmen Guillen Vicente (PRI), said that the draft bill "meets international standards" of human rights, so that agencies represented in Mexico, such as the UN High Commissioner, "are absolutely convinced that the document is within the parameters".
Moreover, she insisted that the law was the subject of much study and went through all the corresponding revisions within the committee she chairs, but said contributions may be made when it is analyzed in the full session.
Deputy Rocío Nahle García (Morena) warned that
"delivery of absolute power to the President" to suspend rights and guarantees in cases stipulated in the legislation, "is a blank check to do as he pleases in this country, which will lead to the greatest violation of human rights."She is of the opinion that this measure could be used in cases of marches or public demonstrations, if they are considered to be "serious disturbances to public peace." She also said the "risky" reform contradicts the positions of international human rights organizations.
Speaking for the National Action Party (PAN), Deputy Ulises Ramirez Nuñez said that terrorist acts observed in various parts of the world "have disrupted the ways we should live and regulate our communal life". That is why some countries, like France, have asked international organizations to be able to apply a "state of exception". He held that this law involves the three branches of government, which "is better to regulate it than having it be loose and at the discretion of a single power [the president]."
PRD [Party of the Democratic Revolution] deputies David Gerson Garcia Calderon and Rafael Hernandez Soriano also expressed their support for the reform, considering the three levels of government are well represented in its structure. Spanish original