Governor Marina del Pilar of Baja California accompanied President Claudia Sheinbaum for the official ceremony marking the 109th anniversary of Mexico’s Political Constitution. The event highlighted the document’s evolving role in shaping the nation.
In her remarks, Governor Del Pilar reflected on the 1917 Constitution’s revolutionary origins as it shattered the social and political frameworks of its time while also noting it was the first to codify fundamental rights for the Mexican people.
“Mexico is and will continue to be a free, sovereign, and independent nation as President Claudia Sheinbaum rightly says. We will defend our sovereignty by always putting the people first,” she stated.
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In her address to the nation, Sheinbaum paid tribute to the Mexican people’s struggle in the pre-constitutional era, as well as to the vision and heroism of those who challenged injustices and impositions to pave the way for a country with dignified conditions for all.
“Mexico’s history is the story of a people forever in struggle for sovereignty, freedom, democracy, social justice, and dignity. The homeland was, from the start, a popular cause: not an elite agreement nor a gracious concession of power, but an insurgency,” she said.
Looking forward, the president announced a forthcoming constitutional reform aimed at reducing the standard work week to a 40-hour work week.
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“Mexico is the product of its transformations, each of which left its mark on a constitution. Not as a dead letter, but as a living expression of popular struggle. This is our history, this is our strength, and this is our responsibility: to defend the homeland, safeguard sovereignty, and make social justice a reality,” President Sheinbaum concluded.
