News Summary for September 29th
Felipe Calderón sent all political parties his proposal regarding legislative issues. The document highlights a list of priorities: law and public security, a competitive economy, job generation, sustainable development, an effective democracy and a responsible foreign policy.
The PRD received the proposal from Calderón, but Leonel Cota, the PRD´s national leader, said they maintain their position of not talking with the federal government or with the president elect.
A group of PRD members headed by Gerardo Fernández Noroña, a PRD spokesman, tried to close off Felipe Calderon´s transition headquarters in a ¨symbolic way¨ --an action that was impeded by members of the Estado Mayor Presidencial and the Federal Preventive Police.
The Senate declared itself in permanent session in order to prioritize the negotiations of legislative commissions. In this way, the Junta of Political Coordination will inform the Mesa Directiva the moment it has reached a decision to renew the session.
Javier Gonzalez Garza, the coordinator of the PRD and Leonel Cota, the PRD national leader denounced the PRI as blackmailing the PAN with not assisting Felipe Calderon´s official inauguration –if the PRI does not give the PAN the commissions it wants.
In response to this, Emilio Gamboa, the coordinator of the PRI in San Lazaro, said that the only thing that is on the negotiation table is the issue of commissions, that that they are not negotiating anything else.
The 22nd Section of the Union of Teachers and the Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca rejected the Ministry of the Interior´s call for dialogue in order to renew negotiations on Friday.
The economic and commercial strike went ahead in Oaxaca without much success. Public transport, as well as banks and supermarkets operated as usual, the same as small stores and markets.
Miguel Ángel Yunes, the executive secretary of the National System of Public Security, said that Mexico has a lame national security system and he lamented the fact that the coordination between the different levels of government are impeding the country from winning the fight against organized crime.
The cleaning of the Mexico-Toluca highway was concluded –parts of it were affected by the avalanche that happened last Sunday. The demolition of six 2 meter rocks was the last step in the process to free up the highway, although it will remain closed to circulation until the authorities determine it is safe again.
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