Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Juanito Update

I haven't seen any Juanito news today, so here's El Universal's editorial from yesterday:
If to expel the government of Mexico City and the Legislative Assembly resort to a decree of a state of ungovernability --a possibility laid out in article 108 of the Statute of Government-- it could open an extremely dangerous door for the rest of the country. Because the issue is so delicate, we should demand those responsible for a possible expulsion that they be honest and scrupulous in the judicial proceedings. They should keep in mind that the issue could wind up in the Supreme Court and that the precedent it would set would eventually serve not only to ratify or not the mandate of voters in Iztapalapa, but rather to define the real and supposed conditions that constitute said situation of ungovernability.

Beyond the psychology of Acosta, the confrontation between the political factions, the discomfort felt by López Obrador or Ebrard, or the absurdity of asking people to vote for someone who wasn't going to occupy the post, decreeing the a state of ungovernability to remove an elected official from his post requires a solid argument that under no circumstance should obey only reasons of political convenience.
What a mess. Relatedly, a group of psychologists consulted by El Universal says that Juanito suffers from an inferiority complex, and that his actions are that of a manipulable sociopath who is not conscious of his actions. Of course, that doesn't necessarily differentiate him from most politicians.

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