Maya Traditional Authorities dismiss leader for giving AMLO "Staff of Authority"

Mayan leader is dismissed for participating in the presentationof a “Staff of Authority” to Andres Manuel Luis Obrador (AMLO)

 

CANCÚN, Quintana Roo - Last December 1, José Isabel Sulub Cimá, in his capacity as general of the Ceremonial Center of the Speaking Cross of Felipe Carrillo Puerto and president of the Great Mayan Council, participated in the ceremony in which native peoples from the country presented a “staff of authority" to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador at a ceremony held in the Plaza de la Constitución in Mexico City.

As a result of his participation in said event, Salub Cimá has been demoted and today is a simple "soldier".

On Friday, February 8, the impeachment process concluded, led by a group of Mayan dignitaries, including the general of Chancá, Veracruz, Gabino Cruz Yeh; judge Edilberto Chablé Catzín and Cornelio Puc Jiménez.

The main cause of his demotion is having attended, without the consent of the traditional Maya authorities, to the delivery of the "staff of authority" to López Obrador after taking his oath of office as president before the Chamber of Deputies.

The general director of the Institute for the Development of the Mayan People and the Indigenous Communities (Inmaya), Delta Moo Arriaga, confirmed the dismissal of José Isabel Sulub and the appointment of Cornelio Puc Jiménez as general of the Ceremonial Center of the Speaking Cross of Felipe Carrillo Puerto .

Although she assured that the state government stays out of this conflict, the official indicated that a group of dignitaries went to officially present Cornelio Puc Jiménez to the Secretary of Government, Francisco López Mena, as the new maximum authority of the Ceremonial Center which is the head of the municipality of Felipe Carrillo Puerto.

"They made the change of Don Isabel. They have already presenting it to the state government. I was present, "said Moo Arriaga.

The head of Inmaya said that Mayan dignitaries are autonomous and have their own rules.

Meanwhile, yesterday in Felipe Carrillo Puerto, dignitaries announced that José Isabel Sulub "is simply a soldier" and that "he no longer holds any office".

The Mayan dignitaries of the Speaking Cross of Felipe Carrillo Puerto and the Great Mayan Council with their ceremonial centers are inheritance of the War of the Castes that began in 1847 and ended in 1901 with the taking of what today is Felipe Carrillo Puerto, which was founded by the Mayan rebels in 1850 with the name of Noj Kaj Santa Cruz Balam Naj Kampokolche in accord with instructions from the Speaking Cross of Quitana Roo.

Although there were some later uprisings, the last of them occurred on April 13, 1933 in Dzulá, in the municipality of Felipe Puerto, which was headed by Lieutenant Evaristo Sulub, grandfather of José Isabel Sulub.
 

Temple of the Cross, Palenque
(From FAMSI, Drawing by Linda Schele. Color added for clarity.)

The devotees of the Speaking Cross consists of 482 dignitaries, among them generals, priests, commanders, captains, lieutenants, sergeants, corporals and prayer people that are in charge of taking care of five ceremonial centers, which are located in Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Tixcacal Guardia, Chancá -Veracruz, Chumpón and Tulum, as well as the traditional churches of Kantunilkín, San Martiniano, X-Yaxley, X-Yatil, X-Hazil Sur, X-Pichil, Tihosuco, Sabán, Sacalaca, Señor, Tuzik, Kampokolche 'Nuevo and Dzulá .

In addition to the appointment of Cornelio Puc as general of the Ceremonial Center of the Speaking Cross of Felipe Carrillo Puerto and president of the Grand Mayan Council, Simón Caamal Cab was appointed sergeant of the Ceremonial Center of Chumpón.

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