White House: Mexico

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I didn’t commit illegal act, but this mistake hurt the presidential investiture: EPN

White House: Mexico

By: Carlos Damian                                           July 28, 2016

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Mexico. -  Fifty days before the president Enrique Peña Nieto (EPN), will express their mea culpa therefore called mistake and this is related to their luxurious residence of 7 million of dollars that his ex-wife "The Dove", bought in luxurious colony called Las Lomas, to a constructor favored by their government, Joaquin Vargas owner of the group of electronic means MVS, interposed a demand for "moral damage" against the journalist  Carmen Aristegui, therefore this expresses in the foreword of her book The White House of Peña Nieto the history that moved a government, written by the reporter four that discovered the case: Daniel Lizarraga, Rafael Cabrera, Irving Huerta and Sebastian Barragan. This demand of "moral damage" involve "a serious risk of patrimonial affectation" for who was the most popular leader of the Mexican radio specified their defending attorney, Javier Quijano, The attorney in penal matters adds, "Carmen is object of a political persecution. To destroy the foreword that wrote for the book equals to take the uncomfortable forewords of all the books that are published and burnt them in a bonfire in the public square", to the fascist style of Hitler.  As compared to representative of the powers of the Union, the president EPN accomplished in National Palace the launching of the National System against corruption (NSC), before in the one which indicated that before the citizen indignation by the proliferation of this "social cancer" is imperative "be self-reviewers and to see us in the mirror"". Followed Act recalled the case of the call “White House" and recognized: "in own meat I felt the irritation of the Mexicans; therefore, with all humility I request pardon". To 19 months of the fact that was spread the presumed conflict of interest associated with the house of their wife, Angelica Rivera, the solemn promulgation ceremony of the laws of the INC served of stage for a self-criticism, before the representation of the judicial and legislative powers, and nearly all their cabinet, in first string the Estate secretary, Luis Videgaray, involved in a similar case. The national leader indicated: "in November of 2014, the information spread on the White House caused great indignation. This matter reaffirmed me that the public servants, in addition to be responsible for acting pursuant to right and with total integrity, also we are responsible for the perception that we generate with what we make, and in this recognize, I commit a mistake. Nevertheless that I drove me pursuant to the law, this mistake affected to my family, hurt the presidency investiture and injured the confidence in the government". The first in leaving was the official, Virgilio Andrade (VA), resignation in hand to give step to his chief and could be complied with the Rules of the NSC, then enters to scene the president EPN in order to promulgating the system against corruption acts and take advantage the sense moment "historical" -assured EPN - to request to the Mexicans "pardon" by the "mistake" of have permitted a wrong perception of a clean act, of something which was entrusted the previous bureaucrat VA, by the friendly  acquisition in credits of the mansion White House; and is closed an episode of the soap opera of the actress in pause, Angelica Rivera Hurtado, made to know that had signed with the honorable agents of Higa Group a "completion agreement" of the merchandise contract, so that the amiable street agents are remained with the revenues  of the exercised time, will return to her the payments and advances that had made, even with the corresponding interest. All this not has already nothing that to see with the residence located in the Sierra Gorda street, in Lomas de Chapultepec Colony. Of the novel episodes rose the most commented was that of pardon, says EPN, " we felt ourselves hurt and ached", but before someone supposed that will be transacted the imprisonment of the president, and of some executive of OHL, and in their case of many of the secretaries and directing of the presidential cabinet that are devoted to the happy percentage commissions crop and motivations in cash, to the country made to know that the addressee chosen for the hard words was he same. When it began with brave air, and someone believed that was going to pronounce the phrase: "I will defend the White House as a dog", recognized that generated "indignation", but in November of 1994 if know of that high flights operation did not include journalists equipment that provoked such domestic damages, headed it by Carmen Aristegui, bidden farewell of the group broadcasting MVS she and the other reporter neither that until today they may have been able to recover as journalistic proposal in any other group of electronic means, there are versions that have above of they a veto six years in their against, as soon as the excuse of EPN could consist of the censorship withdrawal, frivolous dream, oh, yes. In this context of influences and conflict of interest traffic of the president does not understand that the merchandise that accepted was transacted by generous procedures of a contractor, Hinojosa of the Higa Group, very benefitted in the Mexico State, and thereinafter in the federal government, to the degree that grateful may have sought the way of approaching a luxury roof the amiable Peña-Rivera family. Regret collapse it moral Finally of the encounter with the press was made known a video that Aristegui recorded minutes before, in the one which is directed personally president EPN, who hardly four days there was “pardon request" by the "mistake" of the White House. "Which is the real scope? And of What pardon speaks Mr. President? Requests pardon by the White House but they do not cease the revenge spirits. Mr. President, let of swinging that cradle". In the message of Aristegui, indicates that "in any other country with a real state to right might have been accomplished an investigation, impeachment and a political judgment to the president, and probably to the president might have been obligated to him renunciation. In Mexico not. The National Executive continues in functions and the journalists that we encourage the investigation were thrown of the air of the Mexican radio. We know that we will not return to their, at least until is finished this six years. The attorney Quijano, who has accompanied the defense of Carmen Aristegui in the involved judicial labyrinth  in the one which is found from March of the last year, when she and their equipment were bidden farewell by the family Vargas, and have to be five demands. In this regard they derived in different courts. The defending attorney explained that the accusation of origin, according to the claimants, is that Vargas "it was felt offended" by some expressions of the foreword.  In one of them, the authoress expresses that the concessionary MVS was "induced” to make "so indecent things" and deplorable that those we know their owners and executive never we imagine". Adds: "Personally regret collapse it moral of Joaquin Vargas and their siblings… Regret much also the moral load that they have transferred to the rest of the Vargas family. They are persons those which I know and appreciation for many years". In other paragraph alludes: "it was a tragedy to see as those that they had bet on the expression freedom and the journalistic investigation finally succumbed to pressures and settlements with the power that already before had faced with dignity and valor". Of prospering this demand for "moral damage", the patrimonial affectation against the accused would be "very serious", since, recalled the defending attorney, the Supreme Court (SCJN, for their initials in Spanish), eliminated the maximum ceilings from the economic sanctions included in the Law of civil Responsibility for the protection to the private life. Before could not exceed 350 minimal salary days. (La Jornada, política, p.p. 1-8, Julio 19, 2016).