By Ximena Céspedes Arboleda*
The question of what will happen to justice is done, very often, following the next election of judges, magistrates and ministers by popular vote.
Social networks are also made. 56% of the Sociodigital Audience that spoke of the subject thinks that the election is intended for failure and that it is not democratic; 35% believe that the party in power is promoting the election and will seek to mobilize the vote; 7% talk about candidates, candidacies and campaigns; and only 2% specifically mentions their interest in voting or not in the next election.
Given that panorama, which sounds so adverse, I remembered that several times they have mentioned that my case – the femicide of my daughter – has an alleged culprit in jail, and that it was “thanks” to the noise of social networks and the media, the “achievement.”
But social networks do not tell the whole story. The first is that the Prosecutor of the State of Mexico was the one who achieved the arrest, before I told the story, and that not even the noise I have done in the media – traditional and social – has achieved that we get to trial, because a series of amparos filed by the defense have not allowed, not even, to approach that stage. And that Ana María’s death was on September 12, 2023.
This led me to a reflection that we all should make ourselves: the problem we always blame it for a third party; To the Judiciary, to autonomous bodies, to the media, to the Police, the Government …
This has led us to allow, by legislative, modifications to organs, processes or actions that are gradually delegitimizing the institutions are made. That makes us lose the confidence in the few institutions that are left, in the “rule of law” and, although we do not see it so clearly, we also lose our freedoms.
But the real problem is not what is happening from the government, but we are not taking responsibility for what happens in our lives and in our society. We are confusing indifference with tolerance.
We forget the basic principle of civism: “Do not do to others what you do not want them to do to you.” If we applied this principle, we would not have to reach judicial instances. We would not have to look for the Police or the National Guard and complain about their action, we would not have to reach the Public Ministry because there would be no case to put a complaint and, incidentally, we would not specify to evaluate the action of judges, magistrates or ministers of any branch.
We lost the north of the values and the commitment of democracy, which is that we all have rights but also obligations, and that no one can disregard the well -being and happiness of the rest.
For this reason, we should be able to do the basics, as individuals, entrepreneurs and society:
- Respect the rules and laws.
- Take care of the environment.
- Participate in the community.
- Respect others.
- Practice empathy.
- Promote tolerance.
- Promote the culture of peace.
I loved a phrase of Kiichiro Toyoda, founder of Toyota Motor Corporation: “I was not the smartest, nor the richest … but I was the only one who did not release the steering wheel when the road became impossible.”
In these times of chaos and confusion, not only in Mexico, but in the world, we do not let go of the steering wheel. #Opinioncoparmex
About the author:
*Ximena Céspedes Arboleda is a National Vice President of Democratic Development and Coparmex lobbying
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