Archivado en: política | escrito por goleech | 04/14/2005 | 17:17
"If he is eventually found guilty, President Fox could pardon him -- it is one of the scenarios the president is considering," the spokesman, Agustin Gutierrez Canet, said in an interview.
Gutierrez said Fox was "very unhappy" about a widely held perception, in Mexico and abroad, that Fox is orchestrating the criminal prosecution of Lopez Obrador to keep him out of the 2006 presidential race. Fox has insisted that the case is not politically motivated but rather demonstrates that no one in Mexico is above the law. But a large and growing number of critics say they believe Fox has manipulated the system to eliminate his party's main obstacle to retaining the presidency.
"The intention of President Fox to uphold the rule of law has not convinced public opinion here and abroad. That is a fact, and we accept it," Gutierrez said, acknowledging that there has been "a problem of communication" in making Fox's case to the public.
The Washington Post, jueves 14 de abril de 2005
De hecho yo encontré esto en el Financial Times:
Confusion widens over López Obrador impeachment
Confusion intensified on Thursday over the impeachment of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Mexico City's popular leftwing mayor, as the Fox administration floated and then quickly denied the possibility that it would consider pardoning the mayor.
Congress last week voted to remove the mayor's political immunity over allegations that he was guilty of contempt of court during a planning dispute.
Agustin Gutierrez Canet, a former ambassador and President Vicente Fox's international spokesman, told the Washington Post and other news agencies that Mr Fox could pardon Mr López Obrador once he had been found guilty.
This would allow the mayor to run in next year's presidential elections in which polls say he is the front-runner and would show that “there is not a political intention in the judicial process”.
Mr Gutierrez Canet also admitted that the president was “unhappy” about international reaction to the impeachment, including negative editorials from the Financial Times and other newspapers. “The intention of President Fox to uphold the rule of law has not convinced public opinion here and abroad. That is a fact, and we accept it,” he said. (extracto de la nota original)
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