[Chapter-delegates] ACTA did not fare well today...

[Lucy Lynch]

On Tue, 5 Oct 2010, Alejandro Pisanty wrote:

> Hi,
>
> a few minutes ago, the Senate of Mexico approved unanimously an agreement to:
>
> 1. form a plural group of Senators to study ACTA;
>
> 2. have this group call for public discussions and consultations on ACTA;
>
> 3. request that the Executive suspend negotiations of ACTA until the 
> consultations are made.
>
> We have had a small participation in this through our constant interaction 
> with a leading Senator and the Senate's Science and Technology Commission, 
> which he chairs.
>
> During the session today I made a call for a moratorium instead of an all-out 
> all-or-nothing motion by a group of Senators that just called for the 
> Government to retire from the Agreement, which was very unlikely to pass.
>
> Others will be better informed as to our degree of influence. The good thing 
> is the real-time news that the vote passed... and ACTA didn't.
>
> Formally the Senate has no immediate say on treaties. Like elsewhere, it is 
> supposed to wait till it they are signed, then ratify. However, a recent law 
> does obligate the Executive to inform the Senate as treaties are being 
> negotiated. That was grounds enough to give today's vote some teeth.
>
> The story is only beginning...

Nice work.

Looks like the draft text from the last round in Tokyo is available
now - and that European Parliament Members have many of the same concerns.

http://www.michaelgeist.ca/index.php?option=com_tags&task=view&tag=acta


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>
> Alx
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