In 30 years, the CEU took power

In mid-1987, university students dissatisfied with rector Jorge Carpizo 's proposal to modernize UNAM, which included updating school fees, paralyzed activities in all schools of the country's highest educational institution.

Emulating the struggle of the historic General Strike Council of 1968, which culminated in the student massacre in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas in Tlatelolco, activists founded the University Student Council.

They were known as CEU members and, among their ranks, names such as Carlos Ímaz , Claudia Sheinbaum , Carlos Estrada and Hugo López-Gatell appeared, among others, who, over time, became embedded in politics and government.

No one would have thought that these rebellious young people would one day end up leading the main political spaces in the country, including the Presidency of the Republic, in the hands of their former striker companion Sheinbaum .

Before her arrival to the country's highest office, Claudia was head of the Government of Mexico City and left the task of closing down the store to another striker - albeit a very minor one: Martí Batres .

Initially, the most the UNAM strikers aspired to was to occupy a legislative post, a party leadership post, or a bureaucratic position. In fact, some of them, such as Ímaz , Carlos Estrada , and even Martí , had achieved this.

Most of them were politically trained by Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas , who left the PRI to found the PRD, where many channeled their concerns and came to lead positions in the party and even in the Legislative Branch.

At that time, neither of them saw themselves in the Presidency of the Republic or even in the Government of the city; for that they had Cárdenas . Although they were trained with the Michoacan, it was with Andrés Manuel López Obrador when they tasted real power and money.

And they fell in love with both things, which fell from the sky. Like nouveau riche, they began to wear suits, drive trucks and eat with butter in fine restaurants. They forgot their principles and dedicated themselves to accumulating wealth and influence.

Last year, with López Obrador already lord and master of the political future of several of them, they began to dream of reaching the top; for the first time a woman became President, and also one trained in the ranks of the CEU, which, by the way, disappeared in 1999.

Its extinction was due to disputes between those who had a more democratic vision and those who defended radicalism, just as it happens today in Morena. In 1990, the University Congress was held to finalize agreements with the authorities, but everything went wrong.

So bad, that the General Strike Council —pirate version— emerged, which stopped the UNAM for almost a year, until the Federal Police entered the university campus to free it. People like Inti Muñoz , Fernando Belaunzarán and Elizabeth Mateos , among others, emerged from that movement.

That is, although it may seem incredible, today the country is governed by CEU members and the city by Clarita Brugada , an activist from the UAM.

Given the lack of a leader in the direction of the Public Transport Network, some names have begun to be mentioned of those who could be in charge of this important service. Among others, one of those mentioned with real possibilities is Alejandro Chávez , since he maintains closeness to characters who influence Brugada's decisions. At this point, whoever it may be, but it is urgent that RTP has a leader.