Date: 2004-03-16

Mexican Bishops Lament Corruption in Politics

Episcopate Leader Warns That Voters Might Skip Elections

MEXICO CITY, MARCH 16, 2004 (Zenit.org).- The president of the Mexican bishops' conference has warned about the risk of non-participation in this year's elections because of widely publicized corruption scandals.

Political leaders have been taped and shown on television receiving money from an Argentine businessman -- Carlos Ahumada Kurtz, now a fugitive from justice -- or planning deals with federal lands in the tourist region of Cancun.

Bishop José Guadalupe Martín Rábago, president of the episcopate, said: "We don't desire it, but we can fear that, in fact, in the face of all this spectacle of corruption there will be generalized non-participation which would be akin to disenchantment with democracy."

see bnelson45-nospam@hotmail.com), March 17, 2004

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-- Bill Nelson (bnelson-nospam@Hotmail.com), March 17, 2004.

It is not only recently, but Mexicans looking at that corruption that we know existed in the past but was well hidden by the government are disenchanted with the Politicians and the fall in ballots at the urns has been gradually diminishing. It will continue to do so as long as the Government doesn't take firm actions against corruption.

Enrique

-- Enrique Ortiz (eaortiz@yahoo.com), March 18, 2004.