++ President Felipe Calderón said he understood criticisms of his fiscal plan, but said that at this critical time it is necessary to take harsh measures that benefit the majority of Mexicans.
++ A federal judge accepted the legal protection writ or amparo filed by the Mexican Electricians Union against the presidential decree that liquidated power utility Luz y Fuerza del Centro and ordered the Federal Labor Board to abstain from ruling on the issue.
The Labor Secretariat said that the amparo does not affect the process of ending labor relations between the company and workers.
++ Citing lack of sufficient evidence the Federal Electoral Institute decreed that the Party of the Democratic Revolution did not violate any electoral code in connection to the 2003 video-scandals… IFE was unable to prove that the PRD used the money businessman Carlos Ahumada gave to PRD politicians in the 2003 campaigns…
++ The Agriculture Secretariat said that deputy Agriculture Secretary in charge of fostering agribusiness Jeffrey Max Jones had resigned from his post… His resignation followed remarks expressing the opinion that that farmers should follow the example of drug traffickers since they produce what the market is demanding and use the latest technology… Jeffrey Max Jones’s remarks unleashed a scandal…
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