Cuernavaca, Morelos - Mexican politicians, represented mainly by the PRI [Party of the Institutional Revolution], PAN [National Action Party] and PRD [Party of the Democratic Revolution], "are the legal face of crime", charged activist and writer Javier Sicilia. He claimed that President Enrique Peña and the governor of Morelos, Graco Ramírez, have done nothing to stop "the war" started by Felipe Calderón. They have only focused on changing the rhetoric and perception without changing the reality actually suffered by the majority of Mexicans.
At a press conference on Wednesday, Sicilia announced that he will be one of those leading the peace march to be held on Sunday, June 30, in the state capital. The march will depart from Calvary Church and end at the floral offering located in Cuernavaca's Zócalo [main plaza].
Sicilia demanded that politicians not use the pain of the people to
"deepen the war, the violence, the crime and the absence of the State".At the floral offering at the entrance to the Palace of Government that has been in place since March 28, 2011, when Sicilia's son, Juan Francisco, was killed with six other people, the poet indicated that Sunday's demonstration,
"is a citizens march; we know that there are personal interests and parties who want to manipulate the pain of the citizenry. To them we say that we do not want them on the march. They are the responsible ones. All the parties and the political class, with their disputes and corruption, they are responsible for this pain."The leader of the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity maintains that not only is the current state administration responsible for the lack of security, but
"the story started earlier, and it continues with the new political parties that are in power. Do not forget that this one has its origin with PRI governments, it continues in an atrocious way with the PAN administrations and continues with a PRD member."Sicilia reproached the triumphant PRD governor who
"does not subscribe to anything. Changing perception does not change the reality--this is the critique of Graco Ramírez. Whatever efforts they are making--certainly, they are making them--we don't see them reflected in the reality, in the facts."Sicilia asked politicians
"to clean house of their corrupt and criminal ranks, of those whom they conceal and protect. The ill-gotten wealth of a good number of politicians in Morelos might have originated in this complicity. To date, we do not know of even one mayor, one deputy, one secretary of public security prosecuted for his ties to organized crime. Are they untouchable? Does this business get them so much money that they do not touch each other?"