(@NO to Fracking Mexico)

In a statement published on August 7th, the Mexican Alliance Against Fracking (AMCF in its Spanish acronym) urged the president elect, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO), and the legislators of the Coalition Together We Will Make History that when assuming their positions they legally prohibit the method of hydraulic fracture, known as fracking, to extract gas and oil in Mexico, which would bring into effect the declaration that AMLO made on July 31st against this extraction method. He stressed that in the near future, “the simple majorities of the Together We Will Make History in the Senate and Chamber of Deputies are enough to reform the Hydrocarbons Law or issue a General Law for the Prohibition of hydraulic fracture, from which the prohibition of this technique in the national territory will be formalized.”

The AMCF also called for a review of the existing contracts (91 were delivered by tender to private companies in the six-year term of office to be completed) and to formulate a moratorium on new contracts as well as an energy transition plan. It demanded that “no more bidding be carried out … until the future government presents an affordable, transparent plan with clear and defined times to gradually achieve the abandonment of all economic activities linked to the exploitation of hydrocarbons.” Finally, it requested “the opening of public negotiation tables on the extractive and energy policy of the next six-year term of office.” Meanwhile, AMLO recently announced in a forum with engineers that none of the contracts awarded during the administration of Enrique Peña Nieto will be canceled.

For more information in Spanish:

Activistas demandan a AMLO prohibir legalmente el ‘fracking’ (La Jornada, 7 de agosto de 2018)

Pronunciamiento de la Alianza Mexicana contra el Fracking con respecto a declaraciones recientes de Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMCF, 7 de agosto de 2018)

Ambientalistas aplauden negativa de AMLO al “fracking”; piden que la prohibición sea permanente (Proceso, 7 de agosto)

AMLO dice que pondrá fin al ‘fracking’ para extraer gas y petróleo (El Financiero, 31 de julio de 2018)

For more information from SIPAZ:

Chiapas : se lleva a cabo el Encuentro “¡Pueblos Vivos! ¡Libres del Extractivismo!” en Acacoyagua (23 de abril de 2018)

Guerrero: Se lleva a cabo el Encuentro Nacional contra el Modelo Extractivo Minero en Malinaltepec (16 de octubre de 2017)

Oaxaca: organizaciones y pueblos indígenas cuestionan las reformas peñistas al considerarlas un “despojo territorial legalizado” (23 de julio de 2014)