Conacyt must publish evidence of the appointment of CIDE director

In response to an injunction promoted by members of the CIDE community, the 12th district court ordered the National Council for Science and Technology (Conacyt) to make public the minutes of last November 29 in which the appointment of José Antonio Romero Tellaeche was formalized. as general director of the Center for Economic Research and Teaching (CIDE).

It is a document that the director of Conacyt, María Elena Álvarez-Buylla, promised in December and before the students to make public, however, it is a promise that to date has not been fulfilled.

Even through various requests for information made by the CIDE community, as well as by Political AnimalConacyt has refused to provide this information, objecting that the minutes are in the process of being formalized.

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“Warning that if he does not do so or does not manifest the legal impediment that assists him, a fine of fifty times the Unit of Measurement and Update in force in Mexico City will be imposed,” reads the resolution issued by the court, which was shared by the Student Assembly.

“We trust that the Judiciary will bring light to what they have tried to keep in the dark,” the students stressed.

On November 29, in a session in which it was documented that there was no unanimity, the director of Conacyt appointed Romero Tellaeche as general director of CIDE. This despite the fact that in the process of internal examination it was not well evaluated and that members of the board of directors expressed their rejection.

With the current rejection of Romero Tellaeche as director of CIDE, members of the community have filed different amparos since November: one of the first was 1706/2021 for the failure to summon the community to the audit process. In response to this amparo, Conacyt is requested to show Romero Tellaeche’s appointment certificate.

On February 15, the CIDE community filed another amparo, 280/2022, in which it requested the protection of federal justice for the illegalities committed to the detriment of the institution, specifically those related to the approval of the reforms to the Statute General of the CIDE with which it was sought to legitimize a posteriori the appointment of the general director, as well as the academic secretary of the institution.

This last amparo presented was signed by more than 60 members of the CIDE community, including students, professors and teaching staff.