In Campeche, the word “austerity” is repeated as a mantra. It is pronounced in speeches, printed on canvases, and shown off on networks. But it is enough to scratch a little for the varnish to fall, and the contrast that hurts the most appears to be that of the privileges of a few versus the discomforts of the majority.
Sources from the administrative area of the Secretariat of Protection and Citizen Security report that Marcela Muñoz Martínez has six guards, both in her apartment and in her home, both located in the Condesa neighborhood of Mexico City. Not only that: also, according to these same sources, he travels in an armored truck when he is in the country’s capital.
So far, someone might say, “Well, maybe it’s necessary.” The problem begins when those same sources point out that the travel expenses and meals of the guards are paid from the budget of the Ministry of Security. That is, with public money. With the money of the people of Campeche.
And this is where the contrast becomes insulting.
While some move between armor, escorts and exclusive neighborhoods of Mexico City, the ordinary country man – the one who voted for Morena hoping for a change – is forced to stand in eternal lines to buy the Ko’ox truck card. Lines under the sun, lines with misinformation, lines that seem like punishment rather than public service. All in the name of modernization and order.
Is security only a priority when it comes to officials and not when it comes to citizens?
This is not just an administrative discussion; it is an ethical issue. Because incongruity also governs when austerity is preached, and privilege is practiced. And because the patience of the people is not armored, it wears out with each line, with each truck that does not pass, with each news that confirms that the promised change, for many, has not yet arrived.
In the end, the message that remains is clear – and bitter –: some travel protected by the treasury, and there are those who wait standing up paying for the decisions of others.
Source: Telemar
