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Enforcement of the Law, with No Distinctions: Calderón
 Suzanne Stephens Waller - Presidencia de la República
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October 23, 2010
| | President Calderón attends Solemn Session to mark Commemoration of 196th Anniversary of Issue of Constitutional Decree for the freedom of America. (Presidencia de la República) | |
Apatzingán, Michoacán - President Felipe Calderón declared that one of the ideals included in the 1814 Constitution of Apatzingán, granted to Mexico by José María Morelos y Pavón, was the application of laws to govern the authorities, representatives and citizens equally, with no distinctions or privileges.
“A Constitution that would establish the liberal basis for a person’s rights yet at the same time, subject power itself and its members to the rule of law, which is what he stipulated in the Sentiments of the Nation: that there should be no exceptions or privileges, that the general laws, as noted in Point 13 of Sentiments, includes all, with no exception, privileged bodies and that the latter should only be privileged as regards the use of their ministry,” he said.
On tour in Michoacánn, in the Congress of the Municipality of Apatzingán, the President declared that Morelos never reached an agreement with the enemies of Mexicans. Although the country’s enemies are different nowadays, Federal Government has followed the same conviction, since its duty is to seek equality, safety and protect citizens’ property and their freedom.
“Our duty to enforce laws should always be the most valuable element we take up of Morelos’.
And nowadays, the main threat to the property, freedom and safety of Mexicans is crime. And that is why we are working to ensure that in Mexico and Michoacán there is a degree of safety that will enable us to work in peace and without fear of crime.
And so that they can carry out these everyday activities in an atmosphere of certainty, in which legality and order rule. A climate of certainty and security without which the employment and investment we so need will be unable to flourish,” he said.
Accompanied by state governor Leonel Godoy Rangel and Interior Secretariat Francisco Blake Mora, the President explained that the 1814 Constitution states that a good government is one that always seeks the freedom, equality, safety and respect for everyone and that it was Morelos who stressed that it is only by preserving the law and people’s rights that progress will be made towards constructing a fairer nation.
President Calderón added that nowadays, Mexicans have the right and opportunity to fight to enable our children to grow up in a peaceful country, where they are safe and free from any threat, which is what the Constituents sought.
“Now is the time for action and joint work by all, because I know that we want the best for Mexico. United, Mexicans, following the example of those who gave us our country and freedom, and in the desire to build a future beyond the limitations of the divergence of ideas, will be able to leave the generations of tomorrow a nation of laws that will be both fairer and more equitable,” he said.
Lastly, a nation of laws is the greatest honor and legacy our generation can leave to the upcoming generations and above all, to the Constituents of Apatzingán.
“It will be the greater tribute to all the heroes that enabled Mexico to exist and left us a country and freedom,” he said.
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