++ Speaking in Puebla, President Felipe Calderón said he preferred to hand over funds to the 25 million poorest Mexicans than to keep on maintaining the privileges of 44,000 employees of an inefficient government company. He was referring to the power utility Luz y Fuerza del Centro that was dramatically shut down over the weekend.
++ Prior to that, Calderón met with PRI leader Beatriz Paredes Rangel, at Los Pinos. Calderón told Paredes that closing down Luz y Fuerza del Centro will benefit Mexico’s economy.
++ The Energy Secretariat confirmed that a new company could be created to take over from Luz y Fuerza and that it would be funded entirely by state capital.
++ The Chamber of Deputies postponed analyzing a measure proposed by the Labor Party to request that a constitutional controversy complaint be filed with the Supreme Court challenging the presidential decree that liquidated Luz y Fuerza del Centro.
++ The Mexican Electricians Union called on its members not to cash earnings this 14-day payday, to protest over the closing down of Luz y Fuerza del Centro.
++ Mexico City mayor Marcelo Ebrard said that closing down Luz y Fuerza del Centro was a hard blow for thousands of workers.
++ PRI Senate caucus leader Manlio Fabio Beltrones said shutting down power utility Luz y Fuerza del Centro was legal but he warned that his caucus will not allow the federal government to privatize the company.
++ Meanwhile the PAN said that closing down Luz y Fuerza was not a measure aimed at attacking unionized workers but rather because it was so inoperative… PAN leader ruled out similar measures against the PEMEX or Teachers union, the SNTE.
++ There were electricity cuts to 4,000 homes in four building units in Atizapán, State of Mexico… The Interior Secretariat confirmed that alleged SME members were to blame for shutting off power to that area.
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