President Pena Nieto Warns Party Over Graft: No One is Untouchable Simon Gardner - Reuters
go to original March 4, 2013

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on Sunday sounded a warning shot to his ruling party over corruption, saying no one is above the law as he tries to tackle the graft that has blighted its reputation in the past.

Speaking just days after the head of Mexico's powerful teachers' union was arrested on charges of embezzling around $200 million, Pena Nieto vowed a new era of transparency at a congress attended by some 4,200 members of his Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI.

"There are no untouchable interests," said Pena Nieto, who pledged to break with the party's past reputation for shady deals and patronage when he won the presidency last year. "The only interest I will protect is the national interest."

Political analysts say the arrest of union leader Elba Esther Gordillo, herself a former PRI grandee, was a warning to any politicians or labor bosses involved in corruption.

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