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intellectual Prominent Belgian Chantal Mouffe, said in Xalapa Mexico has colombianizado and what is required to have a peaceful country is to rebuild the state. Incidentally noted that the recent marches by civil society demanding an end to violence show rejection of the policy that leads Felipe Calderon to combat organized crime. In that sense hopeful said that in the 2012 presidential election to be voted most different from the PAN party to listen to the people.
The political scientist and philosopher said that he believes the situation in Mexico is "very serious because gives the impression that the problems of Colombia have moved here and really made the drug trade is here where you have more consequences. "
stressed the urgency of reshaping the country's politics and the consolidation of institutions to really fight against drug trafficking. "Because I have the impression not know much about Mexico, the state itself has no ability to control, there is a kind of spread." Chantal Mouffe
insisted that it should strengthen state institutions and create conditions to control the phenomenon. "Redefining the State [since they will need a strong and democratic state, it] does not has to be something imposed from above. "
- Do you see a Mexico colombianizado?
"Yes. I think that this is happening precisely because I know very well in Colombia. I was living there six years teaching philosophy and I have followed what happened in Colombia and I see now that many of the problems typically Colombians are facing in Mexico. That's what I find very troubling. The intellectual
mentioned the recent marches in various parts of the country, called by the poet Javier Sicilia and had as its central theme, demanding the cessation of the violence in Mexico, caused by the "fight to combat organized crime, implemented by the Federal Government.
"These marches are very important recently, because it shows that as the country is moving and they do not want more violence," he said.
important thing, he said, is there a link between society and government, because "the social movement alone will not transform the country and not the traditional institutions of the party."
- Do we have a deaf government in Mexico?
"Yes, of course. You will have election next year, then I hope they can just choose a government that is no longer the PAN (National Action Party) and more open government is a social movement. Hopefully.
- Do we have a government of dictatorship?
"Yes, I say that the condition for a change is that there is a change of government because I do not think the current type of government can do just that role of social movement. Therefore, it is not listening and social movement has a lot of distrust of this government.
In the 2012 presidential elections it is important that candidates be able to hear what he says the social movement and see how to work together, he said. Chantal Mouffe
created co-authored with Ernesto Laclau, the philosophical called post-Marxism. She was one of the winners of the Medal of Merit Universidad Veracruzana in the International Forum Filú of 2011.
intellectual Prominent Belgian Chantal Mouffe, said in Xalapa Mexico has colombianizado and what is required to have a peaceful country is to rebuild the state. Incidentally noted that the recent marches by civil society demanding an end to violence show rejection of the policy that leads Felipe Calderon to combat organized crime. In that sense hopeful said that in the 2012 presidential election to be voted most different from the PAN party to listen to the people.
The political scientist and philosopher said that he believes the situation in Mexico is "very serious because gives the impression that the problems of Colombia have moved here and really made the drug trade is here where you have more consequences. "
stressed the urgency of reshaping the country's politics and the consolidation of institutions to really fight against drug trafficking. "Because I have the impression not know much about Mexico, the state itself has no ability to control, there is a kind of spread." Chantal Mouffe
insisted that it should strengthen state institutions and create conditions to control the phenomenon. "Redefining the State [since they will need a strong and democratic state, it] does not has to be something imposed from above. "
- Do you see a Mexico colombianizado?
"Yes. I think that this is happening precisely because I know very well in Colombia. I was living there six years teaching philosophy and I have followed what happened in Colombia and I see now that many of the problems typically Colombians are facing in Mexico. That's what I find very troubling. The intellectual
mentioned the recent marches in various parts of the country, called by the poet Javier Sicilia and had as its central theme, demanding the cessation of the violence in Mexico, caused by the "fight to combat organized crime, implemented by the Federal Government.
"These marches are very important recently, because it shows that as the country is moving and they do not want more violence," he said.
important thing, he said, is there a link between society and government, because "the social movement alone will not transform the country and not the traditional institutions of the party."
- Do we have a deaf government in Mexico?
"Yes, of course. You will have election next year, then I hope they can just choose a government that is no longer the PAN (National Action Party) and more open government is a social movement. Hopefully.
- Do we have a government of dictatorship?
"Yes, I say that the condition for a change is that there is a change of government because I do not think the current type of government can do just that role of social movement. Therefore, it is not listening and social movement has a lot of distrust of this government.
In the 2012 presidential elections it is important that candidates be able to hear what he says the social movement and see how to work together, he said. Chantal Mouffe
created co-authored with Ernesto Laclau, the philosophical called post-Marxism. She was one of the winners of the Medal of Merit Universidad Veracruzana in the International Forum Filú of 2011.
