Google TranslateThe late November release of Partido Accion Nacional (PAN) politician and 1994 presidential candidate Diego Fernandez de Cevallos has sparked some speculation that that 70 year old was planning a run for the 2012 Mexican presidential nomination.
Gustavo Madero, the newly elected president of PAN has put those rumors to rest Sunday by saying Fernandez is not being considered as a possible presidential candidate in 2012.
"Diego is a great national leader of PAN, but from this already to be the great candidate, there is nothing," said Madero.
Proceso the Mexican leftist weekly, had published several stories following Fernandez's release arguing at first that Fernandez had staged his own abduction to get a high public profile sufficient run run for president, and then later saying that Fernandez's release was sufficient for him to be considered a possible candidate for 2012.
Although the Mexican senator from Chihuahua state, Santiago Creel has expressed an interest in running for president in 2012, PAN has yet to rally around a candidate.
Current possible candidate from Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) include PRI president Beatriz Parades Rangel, who ends her term as PRI president this spring. and who has previously expressed an interest in running for president.
Another possible PRI candidate and currently considered the front runner is Mexican state governor Enrique Pena Nieto, who is a high profile telegenic candidate.
Current front runners for Partido Revolucion Democratica (PRD) nomination for president include Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and president of Distrito Federal Marcelo Ebrard.
Mexican presidential elections are 18 months away, in early July, 2012.