The CNDH speaks out against political violence and for the right to democracy

The CNDH recalls that the Mexican State recognized through the approval of the Inter-American Democratic Charter that its citizens have the right to democracy, and the government the obligation to promote and defend it, guaranteeing its development in contexts free of violence.

The climate of violence in which the current electoral process is taking place in some parts of the country, the insecurity that is flooding regions and the threat of organized crime represent a challenge for the full exercise of the political and electoral rights of the citizenry, but they cannot constitute an insalvable dam in the struggle for the consolidation of the conquests and the extension of the freedoms of all Mexicans.

Ensuring the full exercise of the rights of the people is the task of the government, but also of society as a whole. Accordingly, this National Commission urges all citizens to demonstrate without fear, and reiterates the call to all actors, political parties, candidates, the media, authorities of the three levels of government and, of course, the electoral authorities, to fulfil their obligation, in the exercise of their powers, to promote, respect, protect and guarantee the human right to democracy, which implies respect for the vote and the right to hold genuine elections, which guarantee the free expression of the will of the electors.