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Snakes and Ladders Salvador García Soto
El Universal
Friday December 15, 2006
The son remains
The order for Josefina Vazquez Mota to set out a public position on the controversial appointment of Fernando González Sánchez directly out Los Pinos. From the presidential palace asked the Secretary of Public Education to address the criticisms and pressures that generated the appointment of the son of Elba Esther Gordillo as undersecretary for basic education, especially for the onslaught that the most conservative of the PAN have underway to try to force President Felipe Calderón to retract the appointment.
Vazquez Mota's message was brief, but clear: the son will not leave.
Practically, the defense secretary made an official who, without saying, confirmed in office. Not have been easy to swallow toads Josefina in public and defend the son of Esther, when even she was the one who made the decision to name him.
The problem for the owner of the SEP is that, mixed with authentic academic criticism and critical analysts of the conflict of interests represented by this appointment, there is also an ultraconservative group's campaign to torpedo the nomination PAN looking the powerful Secretariat of Basic Education will be returned as a reserve to impose ideological criteria and public education.
no coincidence that the former head of the Secretariat, Lorenzo Gomez Morin, who started off the criticism of the appointment. Behind the former staff are the most conservative of the PAN, which consider the strategic position and know the influence, in addition to the resources managed millionaires. On this line of resources is in the SNTE's conviction but so far no evidence has been presented, "that Gómez Morin also seeks to conceal lucrative business that made programs of the SEP and the failed Enciclomedia.
But beyond the interests at stake, both for the ultras PAN, and for the ambitious leader of the SNTE, which is at stake is a definition of background on educational policy of the government of Felipe Calderón. If not given priority to basic education and is appointed responsible for it more for political commitments by criteria of efficiency or quality of a project, what you can expect attention to higher education, whose quality depends what is done or not done at the preschool, primary and secondary schools?
This is the second time that sectors PAN hard, linked to the extreme right, trying to force President Felipe Calderón to change decisions already made. The first one took a few weeks ago in the formation of the cabinet, Manuel Espino rammed the ratification of Julio Frenk as secretary of Health and the appointment of Bernardo de la Garza as head of the Environment. This time the ultras PAN did give the president, who took no further protest, and forced to make last-minute adjustments that even delayed publication of his cabinet.
This time, it seems, Calderon does not think giving in to the right of his party and does not have much room to do so. For if the ultras of the PAN are uncomfortable, imagine it would be for Calderón Vázquez Mota and pounce on a scorpion as the teacher. And if you doubt, be asked to Roberto Madrazo. Notes
prying. They say that after several attempts to Isaac Saba to have a dialogue with the presidents of Televisa and TV Azteca to halt the aggressive campaign waged against the monopoly distributor of medicines, Casa Saba, the only thing that got the Lebanese-born businessman was a brief and clear message that they sent the owners of the two television: "Everyone's monopoly." Although not officially been informed of the appointment, Francisco Yáñez, another recommended Elba Esther Gordillo, began to ship this week in the General Directorate of the National Lottery. Close dice with Snake. Bad week.
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