'Single Command' Plans in Mexico Hampered by Political Divisions James Bargent - InSight
go to original March 24, 2013

One of the main pillars of President Enrique Peña Nieto's new Mexico security policy - the creation of a "single command" to coordinate policing - is off to a rocky start as political divisions shackle progress in violence-wracked Guerrero.

Only 33 out of the state's 81 mayors signed an agreement to implement the new "Mando Unico" system, which will unite municipal police forces under a single, state-level command, reported Proceso.

The four mayors from the National Action Party (PAN) - the party of  former President Felipe Calderon, which lost heavily in the last elections - said they did not attend the signing of the agreement because the state government had failed to take into account their views and there was little communication over the issue.

A representative of the 31 mayors allied to the leftist opposition Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) said while they believed the new system would help "a little" to stem the violence, they called on the government to clarify how it would work.

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