The new law is a giant step towards achieving peace in Chiapas, he declares. Don't dismiss the progress that has been made, keep working within the system, says Fox. Before mounting his horse at his ranch in San Cristobal, he affirmed that he would keep working as long as needed to resolve the conflict. The President appeared to be in good spirits as he listened to petitions from the crowd of hundreds that gathered at his ranch. He asked the detractors of the Indian Rights Law not to dismiss or discredit the progress that had been made.
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Let's take this as a highly positive achievement and then fight to make whatever further changes should be made, whatever changes are needed. What we have to focus on here is the part of the glass that is full, not the small part that may have been left empty. I believe that this situation demands national unity and solidarity. Great tolerance has been expressed and it seems to me that every Mexican man and woman should be jubilant, just as every Indian brother and sister must be. I repeat, if there is anything left to be done, it will be done, and we will keep on working.