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Mexico's Freedom a Legacy We Must Protect: Calderón
 Suzanne Stephens Waller - Presidencia de la República
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September 29, 2010
| | President commemorates 189th Anniversary of Signing of Declaration of Independence (Presidencia de la República) | |
Mexico City - President Felipe Calderón said that challenges and their solutions must be above any political, party or immediate interest, in order to preserve the freedom that was fought for 200 years ago in Mexico.
“Our duty is to acknowledge the challenges we face as a nation and clearly identify the enemies that threaten our freedoms and close ranks to deal with them. National challenges and the solutions for dealing with them must be above any immediate situation, political difference or party interest," he said.
During his speech at the Celebration of the Commemoration of the 189th Anniversary of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence at the National Palace, the President recalled that it was signed there on 28 September 1821.
“We have gathered together at the National Palace to commemorate the fact that on a day like today, on 28 September 1821, the Mexican Declaration of Independence was signed here. This historic ceremony marked the culmination of Miguel Hidalgo’s struggle for Independence in 1810,” he said.
During the event, he said that he was convinced that it is up to today’s generations to preserve and expand the freedom that Hidalgo and the insurgents made an intrinsic value for Mexico.
“Freedom is a legacy of the heroes of the fight for Independence, which is why it is our duty to protect it and hand it down to future generations of Mexicans,” he said.
President Calderón was accompanied by his wife, Margarita Zavala, President of the Supreme Court of Justice, Guillermo Ortiz Mayagoitia; Jorge Carlos Ramírez Marín, President of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Deputies, Senator Manlio Fabio Beltrones, President of the Board of Directors of the Senate, Public Education Secretary, Alonso Lujambio, President of the National Council of Culture and the Arts, Consuelo Sáizar, members of the diplomatic corps accredited in Mexico and special guests. He said that there are many reasons to celebrate in Mexico and to feel proud of what has been constructed in 200 years of independent life.
“The best way to honor those that fought for Mexico’s freedom at all times will be to continue building a freer, fairer and more equitable nation to bring it closer tot the glorious ideals embraced by our leaders,” he said. |
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