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| Dupe URL: Charges of Alcoholism Against Calderon Throws Salons in Uproar |
| 2011-02-04 |
| A banner unfurled in the Mexican national Chamber of Deputies in San Lazaro has caused members of several political parties to walk out of a session Thursday, according to Mexican news accounts. In an apparent violation of chamber rules Partido Trabajadores (PT) deputies, Gerardo Fernandez Noroña, Jaime Cardenas and Mario Di Constanzom unfurled a blanet emblazoned with charges that President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa was drunk leading the country. The banner read: "Would you let a drunk drive your car? No, really? Then why leave him to lead the country?" When the lawmakers refused to take down the banner, members of the Partido Accion Nacional, Calderon's party, and Partido Verde Ecologista de México (PVEM) (Green party) left the building, forcing a suspension of the regular session. Reports now say sanctions against the members who put up the banner are being discussed informally. PT is fresh off a major state electoral win when their candidate in coalitionwith the leftist Partido Revolucion Democratica (PRD), Angel Aguirre Rivero, took the governor's seat in Guerrero this past Sunday. The coordinator of PAN deputies, Josefina Vazquez Mota, vowed the insult would not go unpunished. Vazquez Mota added a large part of members of the ruling Partido Revolucionario Institucional, PAN biggest opponent, left the session as well. |
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