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We Are in Time to Deal With and Defeat Crime: Calderón
 Suzanne Stephens Waller - Presidencia de la República
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August 13, 2010
| | At a meeting with state governors, President calls for the construction of a state policy above differences. (Presidencia de la República) | |
Mexico City - President Felipe Calderón declared that the only way to cope with and solve the challenge of security in the country is to create a common front, since neither the federation or the states will be able to solve this problem if they act in a isolated or confrontational fashion.
“Because this is an underlying problem. Either we cope with it together and walk together towards the same goal or Mexico will be in grave danger for future generations, due to the threats from criminals. Now is the time. And I want to tell all Mexicans that we are in time to cope with and defeat crime.
That is basically what it is about; constructing a state policy above differences, which we have. It will also be difficult and I think it would not be a good idea if we disappeared; we simply have to act within the framework of democratic respect,” he said.
Within the framework of the Dialogue for Security: Towards a State Policy, the Mexican president conversed with the country's governors and the head of government of the Federal Government in order to hear their proposals that will lead to the revision and consolidation of a state policy on security and justice.
The President said that politicians must show that they are capable of overcoming the challenge facing the country, through coordinated work, because, he said, we are all jointly responsible.
“You, the governors of the country, play a key role in the construction of a state policy, a policy that can and must promote everyone's actions. You have the political force and the capacity for influence and decision to ensure that our decisions will achieve success, which is crucial at this point.
They are a key piece in the agenda of institutional transformation that requires our Federal Pact on security. That is why I think it is time to assume shared responsibilities. We will get nowhere if we use our energy to blame each other or avoid that responsibility,” he said.
Accompanied by Secretaries of the Interior, Francisco Blake Mora, Public Security, Genero García Luna and CISEN Director Guillermo Valdés Castellanos, the President asked them to use their leadership to support the organization of this type of dialogue in each of the states to have a precise diagnosis of the situation in each state.
He also asked them to assess compliance with the commitments established in the Agreement for Security, Justice and Legality and to strengthen the institutions of security and justice, which are “our best weapon for strengthening the fight against crime.”
“I would like to ask you for your commitment and support in the work being carried out by the Federal Forces in some of the states: the Army, the Navy and the Federal Police.
It should be quite clear to families that Federal Government and states share a common goal and responsibility, namely your security,” he said.
The President said that this is a cause that must be shared and confirmed by those that intervene in the country’s social life, whether political, economic or social.
“In particular, participants have had a fundamental political definition, which we must confirm, however obvious this seems. This fundamental decision involves the fact that the state, by which I mean the three orders of government and the branches of government, have the job of fighting crime with all its strength and by every means,” he said.
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