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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | September 2007 
Opposition Wants Inquiry into Source of Fox Remodel Funds
 Bloomberg News
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| | Ex-Mexican President Vicente Fox and his wife, Martha Sahagun, at his San Christobal ranch, which has spurred opposition questions. (Mario Armas/Associated Press) |
Mexican opposition lawmakers are seeking an investigation into the source of funds that former President Vicente Fox used to remodel his ranch.
Carlos Navarrete, leader of the Party of the Democratic Revolution in the Senate, said Mexico's federal controller must begin an investigation, according to a transcript of an interview with journalists sent by the Senate press office. Navarrete said senators would meet to discuss carrying out their own probe.
"This can't be left as a journalistic anecdote," Navarrete said. "It has to be investigated by the proper federal authorities, and we in the Congress are waiting for the controller to make a decision."
A magazine article that featured the makeover of Fox's ranch set off a storm of accusations that the former president illicitly obtained the money while president to pay for the remodeling job. Fox, whose term ended Dec. 1, denied any wrongdoing during an interview with Radio Formula.
Fox said he paid for the renovations out of his own pocket. A former Coca-Cola Co. executive, he won the presidency in 2000, ending the Institutional Revolutionary Party's 71-year hold on power.
The accusations against Fox were supported by Lino Korrodi, a former fundraising coordinator for Fox's presidential campaign, during an interview yesterday on W Radio. Navarrete said Korrodi should be required to give a statement to investigators.
Federico Doring, a senator from Fox's National Action Party, urged the former president to give details on how he financed the remodeling work to put an end to the controversy.
"Because I believe in Vicente Fox, it seems to me it would be a good idea to make everything transparent," Doring said in a transcript of an interview with reporters sent by the Senate press office. "He shouldn't have any reservations about doing it." |
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