* Luisa María Calderón Hinojosa, the president's sister who despite her promise to never run for office while her brother was president, is running to be governor of her home state Michoacán, attacked Governor Leonel Godoy of the PRD, essentially blaming him for the murder of PAN mayor Ricardo Guzmán Romero.
* The PRD, in turn, is accusing PAN of taking advantage of Guzmán's murder for political gain.
Note that 28 mayors have been killed in Calderón's sexenio - and 20 since 2010 alone.
* PAN is accused of naked clientelism - by the federal FEPADE. The La Fiscalía Especializada en Delitos Electorales (Fepade), or the organ under the attorney general dedicated to investigating electoral abuses, to its credit moved against employees from SEDESOL or the federal social development secretariat, is it apparently was trying to hand out sacks of cement - 27 tons! - in return for voters giving them their voter ID number as well as a promise to vote for PAN.
Saturday, November 5, 2011
The coming PRD split, 2: GAP leaves the PRD in Mexico State
In Mexico State, Higinio Martínez Miranda has led the faction Grupo de Acción Política since the PRD's founding. While it has much weakened in recent years, due to the rise of the ADN and Nueva Izquierda democratic socialist and social-democratic factions, it remained an important part of the PRD.
Yet now GAP has also declared it is leaving the party. And it does so in what is unfortunately a classic manner: It lost the party's internal elections, and rather than to accept its minority status - and the outcome of the election, of course - it is leaving the party, likely for the PT or Movimiento Ciudadano or, once it becomes an official party, AMLO's MORENA.
At this point in Mexico's political development, a split in the left is very damaging in the short run, but perhaps not so in the long run. Let's recall that the other "left" - and the quotation marks are warranted - parties PT and Movimiento Ciudadano, while bleeding support from the PRD, would likely both have disappeared from the landscape had it not been for AMLO allowing them to use him for electoral benefit.
Yet now GAP has also declared it is leaving the party. And it does so in what is unfortunately a classic manner: It lost the party's internal elections, and rather than to accept its minority status - and the outcome of the election, of course - it is leaving the party, likely for the PT or Movimiento Ciudadano or, once it becomes an official party, AMLO's MORENA.
At this point in Mexico's political development, a split in the left is very damaging in the short run, but perhaps not so in the long run. Let's recall that the other "left" - and the quotation marks are warranted - parties PT and Movimiento Ciudadano, while bleeding support from the PRD, would likely both have disappeared from the landscape had it not been for AMLO allowing them to use him for electoral benefit.
The coming PRD split: Now IDN threatens to leave the party
IDN, the most discredited and corrupt of PRD's internal factions, is threatening to leave the party unless the party's internal state elections in Mexico State are annulled.
While obviously very damaging to the party in the short run - the IDN is among the largest of PRD's myriad of internal factions - I am increasingly moving to the conviction that given the discredit IDN has brought over the PRD (it is led by "Rubber band man" René Bejarano and his wife Dolores Padierna), it may be a price worth paying for the PRD if it wants to establish itself as a modern, socially liberal, left-wing party.
While obviously very damaging to the party in the short run - the IDN is among the largest of PRD's myriad of internal factions - I am increasingly moving to the conviction that given the discredit IDN has brought over the PRD (it is led by "Rubber band man" René Bejarano and his wife Dolores Padierna), it may be a price worth paying for the PRD if it wants to establish itself as a modern, socially liberal, left-wing party.
Friday, November 4, 2011
When will Moreira leave the PRI presidency?
On the scandal-ridden national president of PRI, Humberto Moreira:
Moreira: "I am not leaving, and even less so under pressure"
He continues to decry a "political lynching," though it should be pointed out that he has not even once given a straight answer to either 1) the exploding Coahuila debt under his governorship, and 2) the falsification of authorizations by congress to contract more debt, carried out by his functionaries, perhaps with his knowledge
Manlio Fabio Beltrones and Enrique Peña Nieto: Only Moreira will decided if he stays or not.
Hardly a ringing endorsement.
If PRI loses in Michoacán on Nov. 13, my bets are, Moreira's out.
Moreira: "I am not leaving, and even less so under pressure"
He continues to decry a "political lynching," though it should be pointed out that he has not even once given a straight answer to either 1) the exploding Coahuila debt under his governorship, and 2) the falsification of authorizations by congress to contract more debt, carried out by his functionaries, perhaps with his knowledge
Manlio Fabio Beltrones and Enrique Peña Nieto: Only Moreira will decided if he stays or not.
Hardly a ringing endorsement.
If PRI loses in Michoacán on Nov. 13, my bets are, Moreira's out.
Michoacán: Four mayors murdered since 2008
Since 2008, four mayors have been murdered on the job in Michoacán, which is celebrating its election in a tense atmosphere the coming Nov. 13. They are:
* Marcelo Ibarra Villa, Villa Madero, June 2008
* Octavio Manuel Carillo Castellanos, Vista Hermosa, February 2009
* Gustavo Sánchez Cervantes, Tancítaro, September 2010
* Ricardo Guzmán Romero, La Piedad, Novovember 2011
* Marcelo Ibarra Villa, Villa Madero, June 2008
* Octavio Manuel Carillo Castellanos, Vista Hermosa, February 2009
* Gustavo Sánchez Cervantes, Tancítaro, September 2010
* Ricardo Guzmán Romero, La Piedad, Novovember 2011
2006 backers of AMLO publish letter backing Ebrard 20212
Several high-profile AMLO backers in 2006 published a letter in various Mexican print media affirming their support for Ebrard in 2012.
They include:
José Woldenberg, Néstor García Canclini, Agustín Basave, Carmen Boullosa, Emmanuel Carballo, Horacio Franco, Jaime Labastida, Guadalupe Loaeza, Salvador Martínez della Rocca, Alejandro Moreno Toscano, Regina Orozco, Miguel Ángel Porrúa, Enrique Provencio, Marco Rascón, Luis Reygadas, Cecilia Soto, Xavier Velasco, and José María Yazpik.
Link to letter here
They include:
José Woldenberg, Néstor García Canclini, Agustín Basave, Carmen Boullosa, Emmanuel Carballo, Horacio Franco, Jaime Labastida, Guadalupe Loaeza, Salvador Martínez della Rocca, Alejandro Moreno Toscano, Regina Orozco, Miguel Ángel Porrúa, Enrique Provencio, Marco Rascón, Luis Reygadas, Cecilia Soto, Xavier Velasco, and José María Yazpik.
Link to letter here
"Total coalition" on the left
PRD, Movimiento Ciudadano, and the PT will go for a "total coalition" in 2012, meaning they will compete with common candidates for not only the president, but also legislative lists, under a common alliance.
While this is a display of unity (albeit forced), it also means they will forgo a lot of party funding, as the coalition will not receive money according to the each individual party, but a common sum for all three.
Now, this is the plan. We'll see what happens to the "coalition" if there is a AMLO-Ebrard disagreement following the upcoming poll to decide the 2021 candidate.
While this is a display of unity (albeit forced), it also means they will forgo a lot of party funding, as the coalition will not receive money according to the each individual party, but a common sum for all three.
Now, this is the plan. We'll see what happens to the "coalition" if there is a AMLO-Ebrard disagreement following the upcoming poll to decide the 2021 candidate.
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