Pena Nieto Calls for Alliance Between President, Lawmakers Magali Marlene Juarez - Rumbo de Mexico
go to original May 21, 2012

Presidential candidate Enrique Peña Nieto

PACHUCA, Hidalgo – Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and Green Party (PVEM) presidential candidate Enrique Peña Nieto proposed forming a new alliance between the executive and legislative branches, and setting conflicts aside for the benefit of the country.

During the Regional Meeting of the Clothing and Textile Industry on Sunday, he said that if he becomes president he will “propose to establish an alliance … (between) the two great powers to benefit the people of Mexico.”

Accompanied by Hidalgo Governor Francisco Olvera Ruiz, he promised textile business owners that as president he will be their permanent ally and fight smuggling, illegal activities and unfair competition.

Speaking to hundreds of textile industry representatives, Peña Nieto said that he regretted that the government has not supported the industries that are established in the country, adding that they should demand loans and investment in science and technology. He said, “I am here to tell you as representatives of this important industry that creates thousands of jobs in the country, to rest assured that I am signing this (promise) because I will follow through. As president, you will have a permanent ally.”

Business owners, he said, will find that officials from the Secretariat of Economy will be sensitive to their demands and will not on whims.

He said that he was not “saying what the Mexican people want to hear,” but that he intends to lead a government that makes concrete proposals and maintains an open and constant dialog with business owners.

He will listen to ideas that business owners have, he said, and will take steps begun by textile industry representatives to promote the creation of a “Center for Fashion Innovation.”

Former Hidalgo Governors Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong and Jesús Murillo Karam were also present at the event.

In related news, Peña Nieto also promised to execute two projects that have yet to be completed in Hidalgo; the construction of an oil refinery and a new airport.

During a visit to Hidalgo, he met with thousands of party members and supporters at the Vicente Segura Monumental Plaza de Toros, asking them to vote for him on July 1.

He said that he will not pay attention to statements that his opponents make against him because the basis of his campaign is to make proposals and promises.

“I will not get distracted by what others say and their discrediting remarks … my campaign has a purpose and above all it wants to be on the side of the good people. I will give the people of Mexico who want a better country an option for change,” he said.

The country, he said, is more powerful than the problems it faces, adding that he proposes a new direction with real solutions.

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