The Senate is preparing to approve the enactment of the Law of Topography and Geodesy of the United Mexican States, in order to prevent conflicts arising from the incorrect delimitation of ejidal and communal lands in various states of the country. Senator Luisa Cortés García highlighted the importance of this new law within the framework of the First Ibero-American Meeting of Engineers Specialized in Land and Geospatial Measurement; furthermore, the legislator reported that the initiative is under analysis in the Joint Committees on Governance and First Legislative Studies, and she expressed confidence that it will be issued a committee opinion in the coming months. The bill, she explained, establishes the bases for coordination between the Federal Government, the states, municipalities, Mexico City and its territorial boroughs, as well as the principles, guidelines, and technical standards for measuring the national territory. During the meeting, Luisa Cortés noted that in Oaxaca most of the land is communal—it does not belong to a single person, but to several—and this causes conflicts over the boundaries between one community and another, which can even lead to confrontations or fires. Stefhany Estrada Mardones, Director of Legislative Liaison at the Secretariat of Agrarian, Territorial and Urban Development, considered that building and promoting a new law is a complex task when it comes to specialized areas such as topography and geodesy, because it requires not only technical knowledge but also social sensitivity. We agree, she added, on the need for all instruments to provide the greatest reliability in the measurement of the territory, because accurate measurement translates into legal certainty, and this will contribute to social peace. In his presentation, Arturo Palencia Rodríguez, an academic at the National Polytechnic Institute, considered that Mexico does not need a law to protect a guild, but rather to protect the reliability of the information with which it knows, administers, and transforms its territory. Geometric certainty, he added, does not by itself generate property rights, but a technically deficient measurement can compromise their identification and protection, the specialist warned. You may be interested in: Financial alert on modality 40 pensions, since 2023; Superior Audit Office uncovers swindles by the Taddei clan at the INEE; Confrontation escalates between Sheinbaum and Maru. Join our channel! EL UNIVERSAL is now on WhatsApp! From your mobile device, stay informed of the day's most relevant news, opinion articles, entertainment, trends, and more. nro