On 22 and 23 September 2012, members of the #IAm132 movement and representatives of different civil and social organizations carried out a Second National Convention against Imposition in Oaxaca de Juárez, during which they discussed a plan of action to prevent the accession of the PRI’s Enrique Peña Nieto (EPN) to the presidency. The Convention agreed to carry out a mass-mobilization in Mexico City, if it is that EPN does take power. In the meantime, there will be held a sit-in in the federal Congress against the proposed labor reform and several other marches and public acts, some of them directed against the Executive and legislative branches, and others against communication media. It was agreed that there will be observed a day of national mourning on 2 November, to remember the 80,000 who have been killed by the war on organized crime launched by the Calderón administration, in addition to the “death of democracy” following the failure of the Electoral Tribunal regarding the results of the presidential election. Finally, there was made a call for a third National Convention against Imposition, to be held on 2-3 December in Mexico City, with the location still to be announced.
In the event participated 280 organizations and collectives in resistance hailing from 20 states, with a total of 1534 registered participants. These include #IAm132, the Front of Peoples in Defense of the Land from San Salvador Atenco, the National Coordination of Educational Workers (in particular the Section 22 of the Oaxacan union), the Mexican Union of Electricians (SME), and the Movement for National Regeneration (MORENA), among others.
In the event, it was also agreed that there would be made a call for the appearance of Aleph Jiménez, a member of #IAm132 from Ensenada, Baja California, who has been disappeared since 20 September, having previously participated as spokesperson in the national assembly of this movement. Before his disappearance, he had expressed concern regarding the surveillance to which he had been subjected. He was one of hte activists that the municipal police of Ensenada detained on the night of 15 September, for having protested peacefully against the 1 July presidential election. Five days later, he reappeared in Mexico City, where he met with the National Commission on Human Rights (CNDH) to denounce presumed violations of his human rights.
For more information (in Spanish):
Pacta la CNI actos para denunciar abusos del gobierno y su rechazo a Peña Nieto (La Jornada, 24 de septiembre de 2012)
Anuncia #YoSoy132 movilizaciones contra la imposición (Proceso, 23 de septiembre de 2012)
Convencionistas ante la ‘imposición’ definen plan contra reforma laboral (La Jornada, 23 de septiembre de 2012)
Acción Urgente por la desaparición de vocero de #YoSoy132 (RedTdt, 24 de septiembre de 2012)
Vocero de #YoSoy132 desaparecido reveló que “lo seguían” (Proceso, 23 de septiembre de 2012)
For more information from SIPAZ (in English):
National: Reactions to the recognition of EPN’s electoral victory (18 September 2012)
Oaxaca: Protests against “imposition,” detention, and torture (25 July 2012)
National: “National Convention against Imposition” in Atenco (25 July 2012)
National: In the presidential elections, a controversial electoral process and results (10 July 2012)
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