I've written on the Coahuila's massively expanded debt under ex-governor Humberto Moreira Valdés, now PRI president, before (e.g. here and here). As it stands, the current debt is 32 billion pesos - up from only 200 million when Moreira took office. The figures are shocking in themselves, yet now a new scandal is brewing that speaks of clear illegalities: that the Moreira government falsified documents given to its creditors where it pretended the state congress had approved of the contraction of new loans.
These are really serious offenses, and might land Moreira in trouble. Already there are reports that Enrique Peña Nieto, 2012 front runner, is quietly distancing himself from his own party president. One particularly recommended read is today's column by Jorge Zepeda Patterson in El Universal, where he outlines how Moreira has even been removed as head of important negotiations, such as Beatriz Paredes taking over talks with the ministry of finance over financial transfers to the states.
Watch for this growing scandal, and whether the two "golden boys" of the misnamed "new PRI" will be able to ride it off.
Showing posts with label Jorge Zepeda Patterson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jorge Zepeda Patterson. Show all posts
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Monday, June 20, 2011
Why the raid against Jorge Hank Rhon?
Jorge Zepeda Patterson, a usually well-informed and reasoned columnist (and academic), proposes two hypotheses why the army launched the raid against Jorge Hank Rhon. Both assumes that the army acted on its own, yet one is considerably more sinister than the other.
1) The army was convinced of Hank's guilt, and launched the operation to catch a bad guy, with the intent also to shore up its increasinly tattered image (particularly compared to La Marina).
2) The army intentionally set out to bungle the operation, a la the Michoacanazo, in order to discredit the PGR, PAN, and President Calderón.
Definitely among the more interesting speculations around the botched operation - though exactly that, speculations.
1) The army was convinced of Hank's guilt, and launched the operation to catch a bad guy, with the intent also to shore up its increasinly tattered image (particularly compared to La Marina).
2) The army intentionally set out to bungle the operation, a la the Michoacanazo, in order to discredit the PGR, PAN, and President Calderón.
Definitely among the more interesting speculations around the botched operation - though exactly that, speculations.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Why PAN's party characteristics speak against Josefina Vázquez Mota 2012
Josefina Vázquez Mota would be a terrific candidate for PAN in 2012. Yet as Jorge Zepeda Patterson in an excellent column today argues, the PAN's own history and characteristics speak against her candidacy, and primarily because her name is Josefina and not José. A couple of cases in point
* PAN, despite its 72-year long history, has never had a woman governor
* PAN, despite its 72-year long history, has never had a woman party leader
And not to forget: In Calderón's government, of the 21 most important ministries and secretariats, only two are held by women.
PAN has still a very long way to grow off its born-with disease: Misogyny.
* PAN, despite its 72-year long history, has never had a woman governor
* PAN, despite its 72-year long history, has never had a woman party leader
And not to forget: In Calderón's government, of the 21 most important ministries and secretariats, only two are held by women.
PAN has still a very long way to grow off its born-with disease: Misogyny.
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