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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | May 2005 
Candidates Posture To Announce Plans
 El Universal
| | Creel (right) says he will announce plans this week, while Sahagún, (center) said Saturday she will wait until her husband's party establishes a set schedule for selecting political candidates. |
Mexico City — Interior Secretary Santiago Creel, a member of President Vicente Fox's conservative National Action Party, or PAN, said Saturday that he will announce his decision whether to run for the presidency on Wednesday.
"I am a man of my word," he said, "and so on Wednesday, not before nor after, I am going to (make my announcement) with pleasure."
Following a meeting with PAN national leaders Saturday, Creel said he had made a wellthought-out decision about whether to run, and that members of his party "will be very pleased" with the decision.
Creel has long been considered a potential presidential contender and is seen as Fox's favorite choice for the candidacy.
Meanwhile, First Lady Marta Sahagún, who announced last summer that she would not run for president in 2006, said Saturday she will wait until her husband's party establishes a set schedule for selecting political candidates before deciding whether to run for public office.
Term limits bar President Vicente Fox from seeking a second term in 2006. Sahagún has placed second after Mexico City Mayor Andrés Manuel López Obrador in numerous public opinion polls on potential presidential candidates, but she announced last summer she would not run for the office after the prospect of her candidacy touched off a wave of criticism.
Following a breakfast Saturday with women activists in the National Action Party, or PAN, Sahagún was asked if she had received a request from her party to run for political office in 2006.
"They have been very respectful, and we are going to wait for when it is time to make decisions about who will be the candidates," she said.
In the meantime, Sahagún said that she is dedicating herself to her work in support of women and children.
"My only decision at this moment is to work, work work," she said.
Sahagún also has been mentioned as a possible contender to replace López Obrador as mayor. Voters will choose a new president and mayor during elections in July 2006. |
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