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| Gustavo Madero, President of PAN political party Photo: Cuartoscuro |
Aristegui Noticias:
Translated by Eleanor Crossley
The PAN national president, Gustavo Madero Muñoz, will convene the Political Committee to determine the party’s position towards Enrique Peña Nieto’s government, after allegations came to light of an electoral network operating in Veracruz using social programs to the benefit of Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) candidates.
Translated by Eleanor Crossley
The PAN national president, Gustavo Madero Muñoz, will convene the Political Committee to determine the party’s position towards Enrique Peña Nieto’s government, after allegations came to light of an electoral network operating in Veracruz using social programs to the benefit of Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) candidates.
In a statement, the party announced that
“from now on, we will not be attending any Pact for Mexico events, given that the federal government’s response was not satisfactory, and, on the contrary, simply played down convincing facts, which provide irrefutable evidence and proof.”The party stated that this Tuesday, “an initiative will be presented for financial reform, promoted in the context of the Pact for Mexico commitments”, but Madero will not support Peña until the party committee has met and made a decision concerning their relationship with the PRI government.
After last weekend’s meeting with party leaders and the Secretary of Government Relations, Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong, the PAN leader indicated that the federal government had not provided a satisfactory answer to their concerns over the use of social resources and funds to the PRI’s benefit, as well as over the appointment of federal delegates with PRI and partisan electoral profiles to direct these projects.
Last Saturday, Madero informed party leaders and the Secretary of Government Relations of his decision not to attend Pact for Mexico events. The leader asked the federal government to
“reconsider and explain to Mexicans what it is willing to do to tackle this kind of (electoral) crime.”And he called upon the President to disassociate himself from the “old PRI”.
“I would like to hear: 'Rosario [Robles, Secretary of Social Development], be worried, because they’re taking advantage of a noble program which aims to relieve poverty in Mexico; be worried because your Social Development and Opportunities [anti-poverty program] delegates are attending meetings with the aim of influencing the elections using these social programs; be worried, Governor Duarte, because you can’t behave like this,'” Madero said.Spanish original