In recent days a debate arose around Antinmigrant propaganda from the United States, an act that was convicted by the president Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo for its prohibition on open television. Given this situation, various officials of the Morena bench expressed their support for the decision of the president and supported the Approval of the reform.
After the US transmission, the head of the Executive He was one of the first to share his reaction. In addition to criticizing the controversial message of propaganda, the sending of a reform to the Telecommunications Law to stop the dissemination of discriminatory foreign content in national media.
“It is part of the reforms that we are going to send today or tomorrow, they will be sent to Congress so that no foreign government, no entity in any foreign government can pay – because the issue is that they are paying – in order to disseminate these ads, this propaganda that has a discriminatory message,” The president emphasized in the National Palace.
What is the American campaign about? The spot starring Kristi callsthe Secretary of National Security in the US, launches a warning message to the so -called “Illegal migrants” In the entity, threatening them to be persecuted and face legal consequences. This message has been indicated as a tool to encourage hate.
As part of the shock, some supporters of Morena joined the cause and expressed their rejection of the controversy of the antimmigrant propaganda. Among them, Luisa María Mayor, leader of the bench, who affirmed that the economic profit of television companies should not be above the welfare of the town: “Migration cannot be attended with threat messages.”
“Radio and television channels are public spaces that belong to the nation, use them by foreign countries to disseminate messages that promote racism, discrimination and stigmatization of migrants, is unacceptable.” He endorsed.
-The participation of the Deputy Ricardo Monreal, who expressed his disagreement with the permissiveness towards foreign propaganda that denigrates Mexicans. He pointed out that the message is Inappropriate, aggressive and disproportionate. In addition, he warned that the bench will quickly approve the initiative presented by Claudia Sheinbaum.
“We do not agree with this type of interference, media or foreign organizations, it is still a powerful government like the United States. (…) If they can promote tourism and investments, but they cannot promote this type of discriminatory and persecutory messages,” He pointed before media.
José Ramón López Beltrán, Son of former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, also took the opportunity to attack against television networks in Mexico. In his speech he explained that the ‘Migration should not be considered as a crime’.
“What a shame that on the TV of Mexico passes ads where a government official of the United States from Donald Trump says that he will persecute migrants as if they were criminals. That’s wrong. Migrating is not a crime. It is sad that for a few dollars it helps spread hate instead of showing respect and empathy towards our migrant brothers,” He wrote in his ‘X’ account.
The deputy Arturo Ávila Anaya, MORENA Bank’s spokesperson indicated that the initiative of the president of Mexico seeks to prevent any foreign government from trying to disseminate propaganda messages in the country: “It is an affectation or a violation of national sovereignty (…) It is the first time that a Mexican media is used to apply this radioelectric interference.”
The Senate of the Republic will seek to give priority to the approval of the President of the President today April 23, this in order to restore an article of the Federal Telecommunications Law against the dissemination of foreign propaganda; At least, the president of the Board of Directors endorsed his support, Gerardo Fernández Noroña.
