| | |  News Around the Republic of Mexico | November 2009 
Calderón Promises Growth of 5 Percent
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November 11, 2009
| | Calderón speaks at the Mexico Business Summit in San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León. (Notimex/Adolfo Jasso) | |
San Pedro Garza Garcia - President Felipe Calderón says his goal of reaching "at least" 5 percent growth for the Mexican economy by the end of his six-year term is still alive and possible. He also defended his decision to raise taxes in 2010.
Mexico is experiencing a serious public financing problem, he said, caused by, among other things, the reduction of petroleum revenue. He said the new taxes passed by Congress will raise non-petroleum revenue by just over one percent.
Calderón spoke at the Mexico Business Summit in San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León. He also spoke about the country´s ongoing security problems, and stressed that he will continue his fight for security in the country, while acting within the law.
He said the most important job of a government is to follow the law and enforce the law.
The president emphasized that following and enforcing the law is the first and foremost duty of governments, "and the federal government is clear in this matter: enforcing the law, while following the law, is the source of all legitimacy."
In San Pedro, where controversy erupted last week surrounding mayor Mauricio Fernández, Calderón emphasized that only within a state of law can economy and orderly social life flourish.
Last week Fernández lit a firestorm when he said he had created a special security enforcement team to "clean up" crime in the area, even if it had to act outside the law. He made the announcement the day after four men, who were believed to have cartel ties and to be responsible for numerous kidnappings in San Pedro, were found dead in Mexico City.
Fernández was sworn into office for a second term on October 31, and announced to his supporters that Héctor "The Black" Saldaña and three of his collaborators, who had created a type of reign of terror in San Pedro, had been found dead. However, law enforcement authorities did not actually find the corpse of the "Black Saldana" until over three hours after Fernández had announced his death. The body would not be positively identified for another two days.
Fernández responded to detractors, "Sometimes there are coincidences in life; it´s better to look at it this way." The Secretariat of the Interior responded to Fernández´s comments last Thursday, saying "The Mexican state, in its different levels, can´t act above or beyond the law. Whoever does so is ... a lawbreaker."
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