Independent candidates will strengthen democracy and citizen participation, us PRI legislators encourage the unity of society, that is why we promote modern constitutional reforms, which are commensurate with the times we are living, "said Rep. Rafael González.

Interviewed after the conclusion of the second special session, Rafa Gonzalez said that last April 18 the House of Representatives approved the Independent Nominations Reform in the Federal Entities, which requires the regulation of the right of every citizen to contend for elected office, in all states of the Republic, through the establishment of rules and requirements to apply for the corresponding records for the elections in all states.

He stressed that citizen participation in democracy is fundamental, which must be real and grounded, for which the independent candidates will encourage greater public citizen activism to consolidate Mexico into a much more solid and fair country.

"We must not forget that all Mexicans are entitled to vote and be voted as part of the political rights recognized both internationally and in the case of Mexico, the possibility of coexistence of parties and independent candidates, is a stage that will give a new twist and a new era will begin to be built, because we must be sure that a citizen and their participation in public life is the essence of democracy", he said.

The Federal Deputy stressed that the American Court of Human Rights considers that political rights are fundamentally important human rights, which are closely related to other rights, including the freedom of expression, assembly and association, which together serve to strengthen democracy and political pluralism.

Rafa Gonzalez, rejected that independent candidates affect political parties "in the PRI we are a party comprised of citizens with ideological principles and a cemented program of action. The participation of society in these candidacies will be a wedge to improve in all orders. The doors are open in the game for everyone, but the idea is to strengthen the democratic system and extend this right to those who are not active in any political party", said the legislator of the Fifth District of Puerto Vallarta.

[readon1 url="http://notivallarta.com/2013/08/27/las-candidaturas-independientes-fortaleceran-la-democracia-rafa-gonzalez/"] Source: NotiVallarta Translated by Rene Tripp[/readon1]

• Councilwomen of Zapopan presented the initiative to the coordinator of the deputies of the PRI, Miguel Castro

August 20, 2013. - The municipality of Zapopan sent to the Congress of the state an initiative to reform the State Law of Ecological Equilibrium and Environmental Protection of Jalisco, to thereby ensure statutory and effective coordination of sustainable impact issues.

The councilwoman of Zapopan, Laura Haro Ramirez, appeared before the legislative chamber to present the initiative and explained:

"With this we will generate mandatory schemes of coordination between the three levels of government, municipal, state and federal, and establish regional councils for the protection of the environment".

She explained that the law allows the councils to submit draft laws to benefit all of the municipalities, and with this new scheme they can act effectively to prevent ecocides.

Also, the municipalities will no longer be in a state of helplessness, because the municipalities are often the last to know about the modifications that the ministries or state and federal agencies make.

Haro Ramirez, accompanied by the Councillor Andrea Marquez Villareal, handed the initiative to the coordinator of the deputies of his party, Miguel Castro Reynoso, who noted that the PRI caucus will present it on Thursday August 22 before the plenary to be turned over to its committees for dictamination.

[readon1 url="http://www.lajornadajalisco.com.mx/2013/08/20/podrian-reformar-ley-para-proteger-al-medio-ambiente-en-jalisco/"]Source: La Jornada Jalisco Translated by Rene Tripp[/readon1]

• The councillors of Zapopan presented the initiative to the coordinator of the deputies of the PRI, Miguel Castro

August 20th, 2013. - The municipality of Zapopan sent to the State Congress an initiative to reform the State Law of Ecological Equilibrium and Environmental Protection of Jalisco, to thereby ensure statutory and effective coordination of sustainable impact issues.

The councilor of Zapopan, Laura Haro Ramirez, appeared before the legislative chamber to present the initiative and explained:

"With this we will generate mandatory schemes of coordination in between the three levels of government, municipal, state and federal, and establish regional councils for the protection of the environment".

He explained that the law allows the councils to submit draft laws to benefit all of the municipalities, and with this new scheme they can act effectively to prevent ecocide.

Also, the municipalities will no longer be in a state of helplessness, because the municipalities are often the last ones to know about the modifications made by the ministries or state and federal agencies.

Haro Ramirez, accompanied by the Councillor Andrea Marquez Villareal, handed the initiative to the coordinator of the deputies of his party, Miguel Castro Reynoso, who noted that the PRI caucus will present it on Thursday August 22 before the plenary to be turned over to committees for dictamination.

[readon1 url="http://www.lajornadajalisco.com.mx/2013/08/20/podrian-reformar-ley-para-proteger-al-medio-ambiente-en-jalisco/"]Source: La Jornada Jalisco Translated by Rene Tripp[/readon1]

August 18^th, 2013 * Alongside this support, there will also be the delivery of 18 thousand 900 uniforms to families who enrolled in the program.

More than 53 thousand bundles of backpacks and school supplies of the program 'Advancing Students', are ready starting next August 21 to be delivered to the students of the different public elementary schools, with which there will be a reach of 38 kindergartens, 108 elementary and 31 jr. High schools.

With this program and with resources that are one hundred percent from the municipality, the City Council through the Social Development Department, supports the economy of the families of Vallarta by providing all the necessary materials for students attending the school, which are consistent with the list of school supplies for each grade.

Thus, in this school year 9 thousand 583 pre-school students will be supported, with a backpack, pliable dough, a watercolor palette with 12 colors, a brush, a box of plasticine and scissors. For the elementary level, there will be the delivery of 30 thousand 242 packages, divided into two groups, the first one for students of year 1 and 2, which contain a backpack, three booklets (with stripes, for drawing and with big squares), a basic dictionary, a box with 12 colors, a box of plasticine, a ruler, some scissors, a pencil sharpener, a white eraser, two pencils, a glue bottle and two bicolor pencils.

All children from 3° to 6 ° grade will receive a backpack with four books (three of stripes and one of big squares), a basic dictionary, a box with 12 colors, plasticine, a geometric set, scissors, pencil sharpener, eraser, pencil, glue, bicolor pencil and three black, blue and red pens.

For their part, 13 thousand 504 jr. high school students will have in addition to their backpack, six books (4 of stripes and 2 of squares), a basic dictionary, a packet of white sheets, a geometric set, 3 pens (black, blue and red) , a pencil and glue.

It is noteworthy that in addition to the school supplies, in this school cycle there will also be the delivery of 18 thousand 900 uniforms to the families who previously made their program enrollment.

With this support, the municipal government that presides Ramon Guerrero Martinez, carries out another commitment with the education of the people of Vallarta, so that the children and young people of this city, keep preparing themselves every day, which translates into a real benefit to the economy of their homes.

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To receive budget resources

The federal Deputy Rafael González participates in the third plenary meeting of legislators of the PRI and the Partido Verde, in which they refine their positions in common

In the framework of the third plenary meeting of the parliamentary faction of the PRI and the Partido Verde that will be held on Monday and Tuesday in the House of Representatives, the federal deputy, Rafael Gonzalez reported that it is time that the mayors of the region prepare their executive projects to access resources of the Federation budget for next year.

He said that without these resources, it is more difficult to attract resources for municipalities, as they depend only on the plans of the federal government for the region. So far one of the priorities is to improve highway 200 between the towns of Puerto Vallarta and Tomatlán.

He explained in an interview that the meeting aims to organize legislative work so that the federal MPs from both parties do their jobs with efficiency, "the work is to expedite the extraordinary period we have agreed for August, besides working on the agenda scheduled for regular session which begins on September 1."

The legislator also noted that this legislative agenda is coordinated with fellow PRI senators, in the voice of its coordinator Emilio Gamboa, and the operations of the party president César Camacho Quiroz; the Secretaries of the Interior, Miguel Angel Osorio Chong; of Finance Luis Videgaray Caso; Energy, Pedro Joaquín Coldwell, and the CEO of Pemex, Emilio Lozoya Austin.

"In Congress, we will have special sessions with the aim of working for the extraordinary period, in the bill that amends and supplements a number of articles of the Constitution in terms of transparency", said Rep. Rafael González.

The lawmaker said that the parliamentary agreement is expected to be ratified to grant full autonomy to the IFAI, observing the principle of maximum disclosure to all public authorities of the three levels of government including political parties and trade unions that receive public funds and establish the unassailable, bonding and final character of the decisions of the agency that is guarantor to the access of public information.

Rafael Gonzalez reiterated that the PRI federal deputies will also focus their work on discussing and approving secondary reforms in education relative to the National Institute for the Evaluation of Education, the Teacher Professional Service and various provisions of the General Law of Education.

He added that in the ordinary period, they will focus on discussing the reform proposals on energy and in processing the 2014 economic package, which will be accompanied by the tax reform and later, by the discussion of the corresponding secondary reforms to the constitutional reform of telecommunications and antitrust.

[readon1 url="http://vallartaopina.net/2013/08/20/exhortaran-a-alcaldes-a-presentar-proyectos"]Source: Vallarta Opina Translated by Rene Tripp[/readon1]

The Governor of the State of Jalisco, Jorge Aristóteles Sandoval Díaz, during the opening of the 2013-2014 school year, announced that the program Backpacks with School Supplies will be introduced in the next six years to be delivered to a million 535 thousand 622 children of Jalisco.

He recalled that in his campaign, he guaranteed his commitment to education that is now ratified with the delivery of supplies to children in preschool, elementary and jr. high of the public system, as well as with the support of free transport to students of jr. high, high school and college.

At the start of the school year, Diaz Sandoval toured the following campuses: the Escuela Urbana 112 Adolfo López Mateos, in Tlaquepaque; the Escuela Primaria 225 “Porfirio Cortés Silva”, in Guadalajara; the Jardín de Niños “Cihualpilli”, in Tonalá;  the Escuela Secundaria Mixta 66, in Zapopan; and he will conclude in the Escuela Secundaria Técnica 175 “Ignacia Encarnación”, in Tlajomulco de Zúñiga..

The Governor said that in addition the equipping of some jr. high schools has began, with interactive whiteboards to make education more flexible according to the demands of today's digital generation.

Sandoval Diaz invited the incoming high school students to enter the bienestarjalisco.com.mx page to register and take advantage of the benefits offered by the Government of Jalisco, which was achieved thanks to the savings realized by the elimination of expenses such as cell phones, gasoline, luxury cars, among others.

The Governor was accompanied in his work tour by the Education Secretary, Francisco Ayón López, the Secretary of Development and Social Integration, Salvador Rizo Castelo, the mayor of Guadalajara, Ramiro Hernández García, the mayor of Tonalá, Jorge Arana Arana, and the mayor of Zapopan, Héctor Robles Peiro.

THIS IS HOW HE SAID IT:

"Because to bet on education is to bet on the development of Mexico, to have a society, to not have our young people in the organized crime, to not have our young people with addictions."

Jorge Aristóteles Sandoval Díaz
Governor of the State of Jalisco.  

THE CLUE:
A million 535 thousand 622 packages of free school supplies will be delivered to students in preschool, elementary and jr. high school of Jalisco's eleven thousand 243 public schools.

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A

ugust 4, 2013 At the meeting of the CCDU last Wednesday, the architect Matthias Verdin presented the Convocation of the update PMDU 2013 and the Council has 20 days to issue its observations.

On Wednesday the Department of Urban Development and Ecology of Banderas Bay, through the engineer, Matias Verdin, head of ecology, showed the Urban Development Advisory Council, the call to Update the Municipal Urban Development Plan 2013. However, apparently this time, there will not be a tender for a consultancy which conducts it and is also interested in participating, such as the Alianza Verde. Instead it is suggested that a new document is started because based on the one of 2002, which was developed under the management of Hector Paniagua, it's been 13 years, and even though the foundations of this new edition cover all of it, the real intention is to make an express document, according to Indalecio Sánchez Rodríguez.

Interviewed on the matter, he said that there is sufficient time for its publication which will be on July 2014. So that this document is carried out strictly adhered to the guidelines of the Human Settlements and Urban Development Law of Nayarit, "a bottom-up process should be followed, to make a tender and a convocation of consultants who want to participate in the making of the document. However, I acknowledge that it is not going to be that way, that this document will be made in the very DDUyE, where they will base themselves on the document prepared during the management of Héctor Paniagua, which was flatly rejected by the Council, because it did not take into account specific areas, only general ones.

On the other hand, he strongly criticized the lack of important advisors on the board of last Wednesday, as well as municipal officials themselves. Such is the case of the Director of City Planning, Alejandro Flores, who also doesn't attend because he is not represented in the Council of the SEDESOL, which is irregular. However, he said that the Council has 20 days to submit comments regarding the 8 guiding principles that are published in the call with an annex of 18 pages of information, where apparently the specific zoning is not being considering and if so, surely this document will be rejected again, he said.

He recognized, however, that there are interesting things in the document that was prepared with Hector Paniagua by consultants of Guadalajara, from there he said we should take the good, but this administration did not immediately resume it and almost two years have passed already and there has been new reforms that must be addressed, especially in respect to high-risk areas. But he said "the issue is so complex that the ideal solution would be to make the process from scratch again, according to the Law of human Settlements and launch a tender convocation for the development of a new document starting with the guidelines of the 8 guiding principles that dictate the notice, which must be open to public for review" he concluded.

[readon1 url="http://www.noticiaspv.com/presentaron-ccdu-convocatoria-para-actualizacion-del-pmdu-2013/"]Source: NOTICIASPV.COM Translated by Rene Tripp[/readon1]

Social Communication of the Municipal Government of Puerto Vallarta

* The councilor Guadalupe Anaya attended the convention on behalf of the destination and shared information about the port with authorities of Veracruz, the municipality of Xico and the ambassadors of Bulgaria, Italy and Ukraine.

With the representation of the mayor, Ramon Guerrero Martinez, the councilwoman Guadalupe Anaya Hernandez, participated in the XXIV International Sister Cities Convention: 'Xico Traditions of a Magic Town', held in the town of Xico, Veracruz, where she had the opportunity to establish ties of communication and friendship with the authorities of that city and state, who considered as something positive the promotion strategies that Puerto Vallarta maintains with officials from the embassies of Bulgaria, Italy and Ukraine in Mexico, with whom he shared information about this destination.

As part of this event, the mayor presented a copy of the book 'Dolphins and Volcanoes' to the Secretary of Tourism of Veracruz, Harry Grappa Guzman, and of the tourist passport that Vallarta delivers to its visitors, which was praised by the state official, who expressed to the councilwoman his intention to implement this tourism program in that entity.

Similarly Hernandez Anaya, met with the mayor of Xico, Luis Alberto Pozos Guzman, to whom he also gave a copy of the book and expressed his interest in that the carpet of colored sawdust that adorns the streets of this traditional community during the festival of St. Mary Magdalene, could be brought to the port and thus encourage the exchange of cultural expressions between the two municipalities.

The councilwoman also attended different lectures that were held during the convention, as the one offered by the director of links with local governments of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE), Erika Montserrat Iglesias Servin; 'The Municipalities and twinning with Sister Cities', of the Dr. Giuseppe Lo Brutto and 'The Philosopher of Güemez', taught by Dr. Ramón Durón Ruiz. In this day of activities, Guadalupe Anaya was accompanied by members of the sister city committee of Puerto Vallarta - Hihgland Park.

[readon1 url="http://www.prensaglobal.com/notas/52666.html"]Source: PrensaGlobal.com Translated by Rene Tripp[/readon1]

August 2, 2013 * The Governor of the State of Nayarit, Roberto Sandoval Castañeda, heads the delegation from Banderas Bay and other municipalities, that went to the Nayarit Fair in California.

The Mayor of Bahia de Banderas, Rafael Cervantes Padilla, attended the meeting with the Nayarit people of Banderas Bay who are residents in the United States of America, as part of the official delegation of the government of the state of Nayarit that went to the Fair of Nayarit in California.

The mayor came with his wife, the President of the DIF of Banderas Bay, Maria del Refugio Gomez de Cervantes, and members of the VIII City Hall: Councilwoman, Aldermen and Trustees.

Besides sharing his time with nationals and countrymen, the members of the governing body of Banderas Bay, offered to their hosts, the folkloric ballet show of Banderas Bay, whose dancers reminded their viewers, with stamps and dances, the origins of Mexicanism, and the most emblematic aspects of each state in terms of the clothing of its inhabitants through the period the nation was formed.

The Mayor also attended the meetings that the state governor, Roberto Sandoval Castañeda, held in the border city of Tijuana, Baja California, which offered a tribute to the life and work of the poet of Nayarit, Amado Nervo, and on the eve of this Saturday the municipal orchestra of Banderas Bay entertained the audience with a dance for the people of Nayarit in California.

Cervantes Padilla recalled that the governor's and the mayors' approach to the people of Nayarit who are abroad is due to the importance there is for the government and municipalities to maintain links with the families and communities of Nayarit that form and develop in the United States.

One of the joint efforts between the people of Nayarit residing abroad and the governments is the design and creation of public works in the interest of families, while they provide a significant percentage of the total amount, in addition to the federal, state and municipal support.

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"We join the efforts of Governor Aristóteles Sandoval, and the great vision of President Enrique Peña Nieto, to boost tourism and become one of the main lines of national wealth generators," said Federal Deputy Rafa González, interviewed as part of the installation of the Tourism Council of the State of Jalisco.

The lawmaker said that the governor emphasized that the state will provide all administrative facilities and that during this administration there will be more investment in infrastructure, so that entrepreneurs can promote tourism development, as well as promote the project of Costa Alegre in Jalisco.

"We are fortunate that Costa Alegre is part of our district. This administration will reactivate the development of this beautiful area, which is great news because this will bring benefits to thousands of families, however, we must not remove our finger from the line to get more budget for Jalisco and the District" he announced.

Rafa Gonzalez added that it will be his task as legislator to continue promoting and reforming better laws and regulations that give greater certainty to investments which promote thousands of jobs. He also claimed to be a permanent ally of tourism service providers, who can account on him for being a permanent negotiator to get more support, both in loans and in training to be more competitive and have stronger companies.

"The governor Aristóteles already said it, tourism in Jalisco evolves and we evolve with it, working together, away from the sterile divisions and conflicts, of the 5th. District and Puerto Vallarta we will be able to preserve the essence that has maintained its appeal for tourists of many countries, but the most important thing is to enrich this loyalty so that more travelers come to see the wonders of Jalisco, the 5^th District and Puerto Vallarta. Today more than ever I join this great tourism vision of our governor", he concluded.

It should be noted that the State Tourism Council was installed yesterday, which will be an agency that will integrate analysis and proposals, to be translated into public policies that preserve tourism and diversify its growth prospects.

[readon1 url="http://notivallarta.com/2013/08/01/gobernador-aristoteles-con-solida-vision-en-el-impulso-al-turismo/"]Source: NotiVallarta Translated by Rene Tripp[/readon1]

The support consists of 2000 pesos with which students can buy school supplies, backpacks, uniforms and footwear. The total investment was of 456 thousand pesos from the Fund V Branch 33 • Some 228 students from elementary level, jr. high and high school were benefited from Training and Academic Scholarships for Welfare

For the looming school year, 228 families in the municipality of Puerto Vallarta will have resources to buy school supplies or uniforms as reported by the president of the System for Integral Development of the Family (DIF), Magaly Fregoso Ortiz during the delivery of Training and Academic Scholarships for Welfare.

The total investment was 456 thousand pesos from the Fund V Branch 33, to stimulate the permanence of children in the classroom, and so that they don't desert.

That amount, symbolically delivered this Monday, concentrated parents in the urban and rural areas of Puerto Vallarta, which were selected by socioeconomic study for being worthy of support.

With the presence of state authorities of the DIF and Family parents, who gathered in the auditorium Juan Luis Cifuentes Lemus of the University Center of the Coast (CUCosta), Fregoso Ortiz stressed the importance that represent the scholarships given by the State Government to minors because it is the opportunity to improve their living conditions.

These are children and young people who have good grades and live in a situation of vulnerability, where the DIF through programs such as Prevention, Care, Discouragement and Eradication of Marginal Child Urban Labor (Propadetium) Child Sexual Exploitation (ESI) Prevention and Comprehensive Adolescent Pregnancy Program (Paideia), Psychosocial Risk Prevention program (Preverp) and Children Promoters
"I knew stories like the one of the girl Lizette Cervantes, who is already a mom, but has forged a life that includes, in addition to being a wife and a mother, to keep studying to graduate as a psychologist and to help those experiencing difficult life circumstances, like hers. This is what moves us. "Stressed the president of DIF Vallarta.

Meanwhile, Lorena Arriaga Jassibe Sandoval, head of DIF Jalisco, expressed her support for children and her commitment to continue working closely with the municipalities of the coast and she invited the children to take advantage of the support given to prepare and improve their quality of life. The president of the DIF of Jalisco pointed out that this 2013 a total four thousand fifteen scholarships will be awarded throughout Jalisco and announced that next year she will work so that the number of scholarships increases and reaches more children and adolescents.

It is important to note that the 228 scholarships awarded to children and adolescents in Puerto Vallarta, consist of electronic purses in the amount of 2000 pesos each, for the purchase of school supplies, uniforms and school shoes, calculators, USBs, backpacks and registrations.

And it is because, the goal of the program Training and Academic Scholarships for Welfare is to support children of low income, who have desires to improve themselves, pushing their physical and mental development.

Besides the director of DIF Vallarta, Adolfo Lopez Solorio, there was also the presence of the director of DIF Jalisco , Consuelo del Rosario González Jiménez, the child promoter José Israel Garcia Diaz and deputy director of DIF Operation, Leopoldo Pérez Magaña, among other authorities.

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Among his most outstanding activities was his participation in the nineteenth anniversary of the Ballet Xiutla, since he was one of the mayors of Puerto Vallarta which gave further support to this group to achieve international status. Recognition given by the teacher, Enrique Barrios.

The local legislator, Gustavo Gonzalez Villasenor, developed this weekend work tour visiting municipalities in District 05, which confirmed his support and commitment, as one of his priorities, which is to stay close to his people and continue to promote the progress of the municipalities .

During the tour, he first visited the town of Guachinango where he accompanied the CDE President of the PRI of Jalisco, Hugo Contreras Cepeda to several meetings, for the strengthening and consolidation of the party in the municipalities. They also visited Mixtlán and Atenguillo.

Later, he went to the swearing in of the Municipal Committee for Pets, which hosted the opening of the Casa Enlace, this in order to be close to the people of that community and support them to solve their needs.

On Sunday, he accompanied the International Ballet Xiutla in celebration of its 19th anniversary, to whom he motivated to keep being an example of effort and commitment towards Puerto Vallarta. Likewise, he recognized the work of Professor Enrique Barrios, who said "you will always live in the hearts of all the people of Vallarta".

Gustavo Gonzalez was a great promoter of Xiutla, during his tenure as mayor of Puerto Vallarta, he managed to internationalize them, supporting presentations in China, United States and Latin America.

This great momentum of the now local deputy, was sealed in the sense of its creator Prof. Enrique Barrios Limón, who said that he is enormously grateful for that human being "my friend Gustavo" who helped Ballet Xiutla achieve its dreams outside Mexican territory.

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