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Saúl Moisés Ríos Luviano
El federalismo como proyecto de vida que, organizado como forma de gobierno, tiene instituciones democráticas y representativas, el cual se nutre con la existencia de gobiernos autónomos que están dotados de personalidad jurídica, administrativa y política, como es el caso de México. El presente texto hace unarevisión sobre el federalismo mexicano, el cual presenta una debilidad por tener ausencia de división de poderes en el orden de gobierno más cercano al ciudadano.Se describe cómo en el municipio el poder absoluto político-administrativo recae de forma práctica acompañada de una ambigüedad jurídica en una sola persona, el presidente municipal, quien hace las funciones de ejecutivo, legislativo e incluso judicial. Esa ausencia de división de poderes en el orden de gobierno municipal debilita al federalismo mexicano, lo que justifica su centralismo excesivo.
Federalism as a life project, as well as a tool to organize a government, has democratic institutions whose main role is to represent its people. In the case of Mexico, federalism is also empowered by the existence of governments with autonomous jurisdictions, administrative and political principles. This paper aims atanalyzing the principal practices of federalism in Mexico, where some weaknesses are evident enough as it can be seen how power is whether present or absent in different levels of the government, let alone in those which are closer to the citizens.It is described how the political and administrative power and rules in a municipality are put into practice in an ambiguous legal way by a single person: The Mayor. This person usually plays different roles, since he is not only at the top of the executive, but also of the legislative and judicial powers in the community. Thissituation in the municipal governments has not just weakened the federalism in Mexico, but it also justifies a harmful centralism in the country.
