Samuel García’s license is still valid; “If he wants to stay illegally, it is his responsibility”: NL Congress

In the midst of the problems and crisis that it is going through New Lionafter the emecista Samuel García Sepúlveda decided to “resume” his position as governor unexpectedly and thereby gave up running for the 2024 Presidency, the State Congress assured that the license he requested remains in force, thus endorsing that Luis Enrique Orozco Suarez He began his position this Saturday as interim governor of the entity.

Through a statement, Mauro Guerra Villarreal, president of the board of directors of the Congress of Nuevo León, assured that García is rejecting his approved license. under false argumentssince there is no impediment for him to temporarily abandon his functions and they be assumed by Orozco Suárez.

“If citizen Samuel Alejandro García Sepúlveda he wants to stay in office illegally, will be under their constitutional and electoral responsibility; I reiterate, there is no impediment with the separation license, it is still valid,” he declared.

He clarified that the suspension that had been granted by the Superior Court of Justice, to annul García Sepúlveda’s license, became void once the former deputy prosecutor of the Public Ministry took office.

“The Executive Branch has already been notified of this dismissalwhich ratifies the license that the deputies granted to Samuel García Sepúlveda to leave office,” he said.

Last October 25, 2023, The Congress of Nuevo León unanimously approved that the Neolonian president be separated from his position for a period of six months, since he has – or had – the intention of becoming the presidential candidate of Movimiento Ciudadano (MC).

The license granted establishes that García Sepúlveda could separate from his duties as of December 2, 2023 and until June 2, 2024, without pay. The event was celebrated by the emecista and, on November 12, he registered as a presidential candidate for the orange party.

However, from the first moment of the ratification of his license, García Sepúlveda was dissatisfied, since the local deputies had elected José Arturo Salinas Garza as interim governor.

After several days of chaos, the Electoral Tribunal of the Judicial Branch of the Federation (TEPJF) He revoked it and the Emecista decreed Javier Navarro, current Secretary General of the Government, as interim governor. But the matter continued to escalate.

On November 29, in the presence of several disturbances, the State Congress achieved the appointment of Orozco Suárez with 25 votes in favor, 11 null and three abstentions.

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