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| Mexican Peace Activist Condems Security Law Endorsement |
| 2011-08-04 |
| To read the Rantburg report on the Mexican Government Commission endorsement of the new national security law, click here The Mexican left takes one hard up the six. Schadenfreude can be a beautiful thing! Calling it a "schizophrenic act" and a "betrayal", Mexican leftist and leader of the Movement for Peace, Justice and Dignity Javier Sicilia condemned Tuesday's endorsement of the national security law by Mexican deputies. Sicilia's condemnation comes just six days after an informal meeting of federal deputies and senators with Sicilia ended the promises by legislators to move reforms including comprehensive care for victims of crime, a reparations fund, creating a truth commission and audits of police and public security systems. Sicilia who is a poet and a writer for leftist publications has led no fewer than three high profile peace marches demanding an end to violence. He also promised to lead more marches to protest the national security law. Sicilia has opposed the new national security law since his peace movment began last March, advocating instead legalization of drugs in Mexico, returning Mexican military forces to bases and a cessation of their use in fighting organized crime and a committment to non-violence by ordinary citizens. Sicilia has also met the President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa twice in private meetings to discuss his views, all of which have been bluntly rejected by Calderon. Thursday's meeting was held at Castillo de Chapultepec in Mexico City, and reportedly ended on a positive aura of goodd feeling, which included apologies by some legislators for violence. The new national security law has languished in the legislative process since last April as the Mexican senate failed to pass the law. Presumably the reluctance was because of the peace marches and media coverage going on at the time. The law was then tabled because of procedural reasons including a Supreme Court decision and possible consideration in a special session to pass the law. The Mexican Supreme Court endorsed the law last May as it applied to military justice. The final decision to include the law in a special session will be reached by August 12th. Tuesday's endorsement was approved by a commission of deputies including all but one deputy. The endorsement allows the law to go to conference on passage by the Mexican senate in a regular session. The endorsement could possibly force the decision to a regular session, delaying consideration until September. As matters stand, every section of the law has been placed in reserve, which means the entire law is subject to amendment from its original form when it reaches conference. Sicilia's condemnation was in turn condemned by a number of high profile politicians, at least two in consideration for candidacy for president. Politicians include Beatriz Paredes Rangel, former leader of the Partido Revolucionaio Institucional (PRI), Josefina Mota Vazquez, a Partido Accion Nacional (PAN) deputy said to be a top choice as a presidential candidate for PAN in 2012. Senator Manilo Fabio Beltrones (PRI) protested Tuesday's endorsement of the new law to be part of the legislative process,not intended to betray anyone. |
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| Posted by: AlanC 2011-08-04 10:29 |
| #1 and a committment to non-violence by ordinary citizens. Would make a wonderful poem. |
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