[Marxism] Re: Electorialism Has Been the Kiss of Death for TheMexicanPRD (in Sp

["Tony Abdo" <gojack10@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

That was an excellent and informative post by Julio Huato about the PRD
'scandals'. Too bad he is not a 'PRD leader', because there really is no
current PRD leader with the political savvy to deal with the Mexican elites'
intentions of making the 2006 Presidential election a purely managed affair,
that will soon put the PRI back into office.

In 2000 during the campaign, the PRD could not visualize and didn't realize
that the dedazo of Zedillo was to put Fox into office, and it appears that
they still do not fully comprehend that the coming dedazo of Fox in 2006
will be to return the PRI into the presidency. This is somewhat akin to the
'innocence' of US liberals pushing for a Kerry over a Bush, all the whille
thinking that the election is not really ultimately controlled by the US
elites and US press, but rather by the popular decision making and will of
the American masses.

Lopez Obrador is still fighting the publicity wars of yesterday, and has
meekly responded to the new corrption scandals effecting the PRD, by purely
trying to turn the fingers pointed at the PRD and repoint them at Fox and
Salinas de Gortari! For the PRD leadership, they have no game plan beyond
trying to manage their image as candidates before the Mexican capitalist
press. This is a strategy guaranteed to lead to defeat. The Mexican press
and their owners do not want the PRD in office, any more than the American
press wants a Ralph Nader heading up power in the US.

Tony Abdo
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several articles in English about the PRD leader, Lopez Obrador, and his
presidencial possibilities
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/printstory.mpl/world/2436679
http://www.mexidata.info/id128.html
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Julio
<< I were a PRD leader, I'd go on TV and say: "The PRD will not retreat from
its growing governmental responsibilities and from its decision to win the
presidency in 2006.  We will bring about a government responsive to the
working poor, committed to eliminating poverty, and achieve an economic
development that is both fair and equitable, and environmentally
sustainable.  And we will do it at the same time as we fight corruption in
our ranks, many times more strictly than we fight corruption outside the
party.  We want clear heads and passionate hearts in our ranks, but we want
above all clean hands.  And we want a clear contrast with Mexico's
corruption past under the PRI.  There'll be no FOBAPROAS or Pemexgates with
the PRD.  We will not tolerate corruption in the PRD, no matter how small it
may seem.  We ask anyone who has any credible bit of information that may
lead to uncovering further acts of corruption among PRD public servants,
officers, or militants, up to the highest levels, to come forward publicly.
The PRD will demand the prosecution of these cases to the full extent of the
law.  As for PRD members who are duly proven in a court of law to have
committed acts of corruption, the PRD will demand the highest punishment
contemplated in the law and then some."  Something like that.

I'd then try and form some internal auditing body to monitor PRD public
servants, with policies, standards, and powers above and beyond those that
regulate the behavior of government officers in general.  Twist the arms of
Monsiváis, González Casanova, Gilly, Montemayor, and other big cows of the
left to have them head this auditing body.  And shoot or hang in the Estadio
Azteca or Zócalo the motherf***ers who are found to be corrupt or do things
that leave any impression of wrongdoing.>>

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