The affirmations of Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong—in which he
shows that “the pardon” of our compañero Alberto Patishtán Gómez, “granted” by
Enrique Peña Nieto, is the product of a juridical analysis that the executive
realized within his constitutional faculties—are worthy of an anthology of
laughter. More than a few of us doubt, we believe, not only the analytical
abilities of the executive, but also the correct exercise of his faculties, not
only constitutional ones. The presidential “pardon” is no more than a stratagem
to profit from the inevitable: the end of the absurd and criminal imprisonment
of Professor Patishtán.
The claims arising from the Secretaría de Gobernación are
lies. The liberation of our compañero Alberto Patishtán has been thanks, not to
the power of those above, seated in los Pinos, but to the perseverance of the
professor’s family to demonstrate his innocence; to his neighbors and to the
community of El Bosque which remained watchful, worried, and in solidarity with
such an unjust outrage; to the continuous follow-up realized by the Fray
Bartolomé de las Casas Human Rights Center; to the solidarity of the adherents
to the Sixth Declaration of the Lacandon Jungle (VIDSL); and above all, to the
Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN), which with “The Other Campaign”
kicked off this battle for his Freedom; to the admirable international labor of
organizations, collectives, and individuals that from their places, including,
from those where the resistance against such terrible oppressions are carried
out, as with Palestine, cried out for the freedom of professor Alberto
Patishtán; to the interest of so many who from Mexico and outside of it, felt
pain, organized, and struggled for his freedom.
No, it was not Enrique Peña Nieto, but rather the
organization against an injustice which freed our compañero Alberto Patishtán.
The pardon shows one more time the type of justice that is
imparted in this country, since this liberation does not resolve the underlying
problem: Is he innocent or not? Additionally, it leaves unpunished the true
ones responsible for that massacre. Now we are left suspecting the politics of
the “pardon:” How many thieves, ex-politicians, and criminals of all breeds and
parties will have to be freed because of this? What happened with the hunger strike
that years ago Professor Patishtán and the compas of the Voz del Amate realized
and which freed several compañeros adherents to the VIDSL, but which they
utilized to free more than one thousand criminals members of the PRI, PRD, and
other organized crime groups?
Today the freedom of our compañero must be celebrated, his
encounter with his family, with his community, his smile and his steps traversing
El Bosque. It must be celebrated because we also celebrate the importance of perseverance
and of organization.
Viva la libertad!
Pres@s Polític@s, LIBERTAD!
Against plunder and repression:
solidarity!
Red Contra la Represión y por la
Solidaridad
(RvsR)
Translated from
Spanish by Henry Gales
Originally published on November 5th, 2010
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