Background on Manuel Añorve Baños and the CNTE
Manuel Añorve Baños, the coordinator of the PRI group in the Senate, has proposed forming a plural working group to engage in dialogue with the Coordinadora Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (CNTE). The CNTE represents teachers who have been protesting for better working conditions and addressing historical structural issues.
Añorve Baños’ Proposal
Añorve Baños asserts that the Senate cannot remain indifferent to the ongoing teacher conflict. He believes that the upper chamber should act as an institutional bridge between teachers and authorities responsible for addressing their demands.
Details of the Proposal
- Añorve Baños plans to present his proposal to the Permanent Commission of the Union Congress next Wednesday.
- He urges the federal executive branch, through the Secretariats of Governance, Public Education, and Finance, to establish an urgent binding dialogue table with the CNTE at the Senate.
- The senator emphasizes that while the Senate has unanimously agreed to form a plural delegation traveling to Washington D.C. next week to advocate against remittance taxes, there should also be dialogue at home with the dissenting faction of the Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (SNTE).
Addressing the Educational Conflict
Añorve Baños stresses that the educational conflict cannot be resolved through indifference and criminalization but rather through dialogue, seriousness, political will, and fundamental solutions. He highlights the urgency of attending to teachers with seriousness and without delays, as there can be no future for public education in Mexico without dignified working conditions for teachers.
The CNTE’s demands, acknowledged by Añorve Baños, reflect long-neglected structural problems. The lack of institutional dialogue mechanisms has led to increasingly disruptive protests.
The teacher protests and road blockades in Mexico City, according to Añorve Baños, underscore the urgency of establishing a transparent, technical dialogue space with resolution capabilities. He points out that thousands of students are missing classes, and families must reorganize their lives and finances to care for their children, affecting local economies, businesses, and community stability.
Key Questions and Answers
- Who is Manuel Añorve Baños? Manuel Añorve Baños is the coordinator of the PRI group in the Mexican Senate, advocating for dialogue with the CNTE to address teachers’ demands.
- What are the main demands of the CNTE? The CNTE seeks better working conditions and addresses historical structural issues within Mexico’s education system.
- What is Añorve Baños’ proposal? He proposes forming a plural working group to engage in dialogue with the CNTE and urges the federal executive branch to establish an urgent binding dialogue table with them.
- Why is this dialogue important? Dialogue, according to Añorve Baños, is crucial for resolving the educational conflict without indifference, criminalization, and disruptive protests.
