Calderón For President?
The members of the
Partido Unidad Social
Cristiana (PUSC)
political party are
waiting for former
president, Rafael Ángel
Calderón, says "déle
viaje" - let it fly - to
his running for the 2010
presidential elections.
The meeting this weekend
of the "Socialcristianos"
applauded the former
president, the majority
asking him to quit
stalling to announce his
candidacy.
Calderón was president
from 1990 to 1994 and is
currently waiting trial
for alleged corruption
in the Fischel-Caja
scandal. Calderón has
been very vocal lately
in asking for the
judicial system to give
him a speedy trial so
that he could prove,
once and for all, his
innocence. Including,
friends of Calderón paid
for billboard ads to
that effect.
However, Calderón did
not please many of those
attending the meeting,
saying that he will
announce his decision to
enter or not the
political arena in early
2009.
Calderón added that the
decision to wait his
announcement is not
dependent on the
judicial process he is
facing, a process that
saw the former president
in "preventive
detention" - including
jail - for more than a
year.
The meeting that saw the
participation of
Calderón and Luis
Fishman was to reform
the party. Secretary
general of the PUSC
party, Xinia Carvajal,
said that the reforms
simplify and reduce the
cost of the renovation
process of internal
structure of the party.
Carvajal said that the
reforms were necessary
after many abandoned the
party following the
crisis of 2006 and now
are wanting to come
back.
"The idea is to
facilitate their return
and without hurdles",
said Carvajal.
Carvajal rejected
criticism that the party
reforms are being made
simply to allow Calderón
to run for the party
presidential nomination.
"That is totally
untrue", said Carvajal.
The party has yet to
call a convention to
elect a presidential
candidate for the 2010
election. |
