**President Fox was on tour in Baja California where Hurricane John hit – Fox evaluated the situation and assured that ¨Things in Mexico are going extraordinarily well.¨
**After Fox´s state of the union address – the security forces surrounding Los Pinos and the San Lazaro Congressional compound were diminished.
***The Federal Electoral Tribunal says it is ready to certify the presidential winner, which it must do before Sept 6
***Cardinal Norberto Rivera said that given the division that Mexico is suffering, the only way out is advancing the dialogue and said that ¨No one who calls himself a Christian can justify violence¨
***During his Sunday rally, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador called on the Mexican army not to fall into the temptation of accepting orders from the Government to repress and remove the encampments of his supporters
***The Washington Post and The New York Times have both said that the PRD is trying to deepen Mexico’s political crisis by not recognizing government institutions and dismissing Felipe Calderon’s victory. The Spanish newspaper El Pais said that after the PRD-led events in the Congress, Lopez Obrador is headed for failure and self-made isolation.
***The PRD and the Workers Party (PT) and Convergencia announced that the electoral coalition ¨For the Good of All¨ would now become a “Parliamentary Coalition” that will act as a united front in Congress.
***The Mexican Foreign Relations ministry has officially registered Julio Frenk as candidate to head the World Health Organization
3 comments:
Bull´s eye!, Ana María. Yes, the Constitution says that the people can change it at any time, but it also says how that can be done. And yes, Andresito hast´t only proclaimed himself president, he has also proclaimed himselg "the people". But that isn´t the whole thing, by any means. He has said "to hell with their institutions"; that explains why he doesn´t feel obliged to obey the law. But that leads us to dangerous waters. a) Why did he bother promulgating laws, then? b) Does this mean that there are laws that should be obeyed, and laws you don´t have to obey, and only His Republican Majesty knows which is which? c) Worse still, according to him when the "illegitimate" authorities do anything, they are "repressing", but the Coalition people CAN REPRESS, and that not only isn´t bad, its laudable. d) It´s nonsense to sey that they aren´t using violence. What they do is kicking around anybody that doesn´t agree with them, and when the public forces arrive they go crying to the media and say "Mummy, Daddy, these bad people don´t let us beat that bad kid, Fox". In the name of The Republic, they are acting like absolutist despots of the worst description, and when someone tries to do something about it, a lot of people in the media do say "let the kids alone". What position do those "journalists" and "analysts" have in the new López Monarchy? Are they henchmen? Court Clowns?
Bull´s eye!, Ana María. Yes, the Constitution says that the people can change it at any time, but it also says how that can be done. And yes, Andresito hast´t only proclaimed himself president, he has also proclaimed himselg "the people". But that isn´t the whole thing, by any means. He has said "to hell with their institutions"; that explains why he doesn´t feel obliged to obey the law. But that leads us to dangerous waters. a) Why did he bother promulgating laws, then? b) Does this mean that there are laws that should be obeyed, and laws you don´t have to obey, and only His Republican Majesty knows which is which? c) Worse still, according to him when the "illegitimate" authorities do anything, they are "repressing", but the Coalition people CAN REPRESS, and that not only isn´t bad, its laudable. d) It´s nonsense to sey that they aren´t using violence. What they do is kicking around anybody that doesn´t agree with them, and when the public forces arrive they go crying to the media and say "Mummy, Daddy, these bad people don´t let us beat that bad kid, Fox". In the name of The Republic, they are acting like absolutist despots of the worst description, and when someone tries to do something about it, a lot of people in the media do say "let the kids alone". What position do those "journalists" and "analysts" have in the new López Monarchy? Are they henchmen? Court Clowns?
Cardinal Norberto Rivera: "No one who calls himself a Christian can justify violence"
*chuckle* How times have changed...
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