Political Quotes

“the citizens of Mexico throughout this century have been denied this most fundamental right of democracy, fair and open elections. Recent reports outlining vote-buying and election irregularities in the race for Governor of the Mexican State of Morelos surfaced 2 days ago. Votes were bought for $150 to $250 apiece. Some polling places were not opened until 4 p.m., in the afternoon, and voter credentials had been duplicated and used fraudulently. Yesterday we had another brutal reminder that the hand-picked successor of President Carlos Salinas and his PRI Party, Luis Donaldo Colosio, had been assassinated. We mourn his death, as well as the deaths of the dozens of poor peasants in Chiapas who were killed earlier this year by the Government. When NAFTA passed, our Nation forfeited our best chance to export to Mexico the best hopes of democracy. We, instead, rewarded the worst characteristics of tyranny. We watch now as bystanders. American cannot remove itself from the fight for freedom so close to our border. Mexico's hopes for democratic freedom and our own workers' hopes for economic promise depend on free elections in Mexico. On behalf of all those ordinary people in Mexico who were shot, as well as Mr. Colosio, America must stand up today and say, ``We want free elections in Mexico this coming August.``”