He INE proposed to the Security Table (made up of the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection, Secretariat of National Defense and Navy) changes to the protection protocol for candidates for reinforce security measures after the murder of Gisela Gaytan, Morena candidate for mayor of Celaya, on April 1.
After concluding the General Council session, Guadalupe Taddei reported that the Security Table discussed the reassess the criteria assignment protection measures for local candidateswhich, in accordance with the current guidelines of the protocol, is in charge of the state authorities and municipal.
“The meeting addressed as include new criteria to be able to define and ensure security more strongly, you can even modify (…) the three risk levels: high, medium and low. “I think it can be reconfigured to have more (security at each level),” he commented.
How are the protection requests requested by candidates handled?
Although no conclusion was reached, the president advisor foresees that the attention to protection requests continues as has been done until now. That is to say, that the INE receives applications of local and federal candidates and the present before the Table Security so that define whether protection will be granted from federal or local authorities, and even from both.
On whether the Electoral Institute of the State of Guanajuato (IEEG) and its president, Brenda Canchola, were failure to provide protection Gisela Gaytán as Morena accused, Guadalupe Taddei refused to respond. In her words, It is up to the security authorities to investigate.
“I don’t think I’m in a position to respond, sorry. I think there are lines of investigation at this time and we must give space to the authority that is doing it and we Do not leave with prejudgment that could entangle more, instead of clarifying,” he said.