| | |  Editorials | Issues | October 2008 
We Will Not Allow Mexican Children to Become Enslaved by Drugs: President Calderón
 Presidencia de la República
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| | Members of Mexican Children’s Parliament Meet in Los Pinos with President Felipe Calderón (R) | | |
Mexico City - Addressing hundreds of children in the Adolfo López Mateos Hall at the official Los Pinos Residence, President Felipe Calderón declared that his government will not allow a new form of slavery, namely drug use, to be established in Mexico.
During the meeting with members of the Sixth Mexican Children's Parliament 2008, the President explained that drug use creates a physical addiction and a need for money to buy it, which in turn causes children to begin to commit crimes and become slaves.
“We are fighting hard against these new masters but I would ask to resist becoming slaves and to tell your school friends: “Say no to addictions, drugs and alcohol because we do not want a new form of slavery for Mexican children," he said.
President Felipe Calderón told the country’s 500 most diligent children that Government is determined to confront, pursue and imprison criminals, because that is the only way Mexico will one day become free of violence and have a peaceful atmosphere for Mexicans.
The President congratulated the children on learning about and practicing how democratic institutions and their main rules work, such as respect for others and tolerance of other ideas and points of view.
“I think that what you are doing is very valuable, because you may think differently, but what matters is not to have different points of view but to understand each other, talk and understand that a person may think differently but there are thinks we should agree on as Mexicans," he added.
During her address, Karla Zecua Velarde, President of the Mexican Children's Parliament 2008 said that the great responsibility of running a country is not only up to the president but a task that must be shared by everyone, including teachers, parents and society as a whole.
He added that one of the issues that has caused the greatest concern in the Parliament is the lack of law and order that affects children both on the streets and in school, which is why he hailed Federal Government's will and commitment to ensure safe conditions for children and young people throughout the country.
“The child legislators who are here pledge to become good people,” said Karla Zecua, adding that her companions' participation is a grain of sand that will be used to propose solutions to the problems facing the country. |
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