Javier Duarte, Governor of the state of Veracruz. (PHOTO: REUTERS)
The Mexican governor of the Gulf Coast state of Veracruz said on Wednesday Oct. 12 he would resign just weeks before his term ends in order to face corruption charges that have become an embarrassment for the country’s ruling party.
Javier Duarte, from the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), denied taking “one cent” of public funds during his term that ends in November, Reuters reported. His party lost a local election in June, ending over 80 years of rule by the PRI in oil-rich Veracruz.
Duarte told local television he would ask the state legislature later on Wednesday to accept his resignation.
“I have nothing to be ashamed of,” he said.
President Enrique Pena Nieto’s PRI fared poorly in state elections earlier this year amid widespread frustration with endemic corruption and rising crime linked to drug gangs.
Late last month, the PRI suspended Duarte’s membership after federal investigators opened an investigation into charges that include the diversion of public funds and embezzlement.
Duarte has been blamed for driving up the state’s debt and failing to contain a spike in drug gang crime, including the murder of at least 17 journalists, since taking power in 2010.
Local media have reported dozens of front companies linked to Duarte won public contracts during his term.
Source: reuters.com
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