August 29, 2007

Mexican President Seeks to Avoid Confrontation with Congress

“Política y políticos” Column

Mexican President Felipe Calderón will hand deliver his first State of the Nation report (Informe) to the Chamber of Deputies on September 1, however he will give his political address to the nation on September 2 in the National Auditorium.  This insofar as no end is in sight, nor whatsoever accord, in the frigid debate over the September 1 ceremony that is taking place between the political party groups in Congress.

According to the Office of the Presidency, after delivering his Informe to Congress in writing, and thus complying with the Mexican Constitution, the President will not make any statement.

Following talks at the Chamber of Deputies, the president’s office expects Calderón to be received at the dais and not in an anteroom, but only to deliver the document and without speaking.  He will remain only for the official opening ceremony of the September 1 ordinary session of Congress.

The mass public event, that will include some 9,000 people, will take place on Sunday, September 2, at the National Auditorium.

What Calderón wants is respectful treatment of the presidential investiture, and not to deal with pushing and shoving in order to force his way to the rostrum.  In other words, he wants to carryout the festivity in peace, but too for Mexicans to know the accomplishments of his first year [sic: actually nine months] in office.

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(Edited translation from El Mexicano [“Política y políticos” column], August 29, 2007, Tijuana, Baja California)

 

–  MexiData.info translation