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HIGH COURT THROWS OUT CONSTITUTIONAL COMPLAINT BY OAXACA GOVERNOR ULISES RUIZ AGAINST FEDERAL CONGRESS.

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Mexico's high court (Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nacion, SCJN) handed Oaxaca Gov. Ulises Ruiz a major setback by throwing out the governor's recent lawsuit against the federal Chamber of Deputies. In the complaint, the governor charged that the chamber had violated the Mexican Constitution by passing a resolution asking him to resign or take a leave of absence. In the resolution, passed in October 2006, the legislators blamed Ruiz for fomenting the climate of violence and instability that had prevailed in Oaxaca since May 2006. Ruiz's complaint was directed only at the Chamber of Deputies, even though the Senate approved a similar resolution (see SourceMex, 2006-11-01).

The SCJN, which handed down its decision in mid-August, is also planning to appoint a special judicial committee to investigate whether state and federal authorities, including Ruiz, violated the human rights of citizens of Oaxaca in suppressing the violence that occurred between May 2006 and January 2007.

The conflict began with an action by the local chapter of the teachers union (Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educacion, SNTE), which was seeking pay raises for 70,000 elementary, secondary, and preparatory teachers. Section 22 of the...

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