Complications on the Reform Front

MEXICO - Report 24 Jun 2013 by Mauricio Gonzalez, Guillermo Valdes and Esteban Manteca

Executive SummaryThe divisions within the National Action Party (PAN) grew more intense last week as a majority of its senate members rebelled against efforts by the national leadership to impose discipline. The skirmish suggested PAN Chairman Gustavo Madero may be failing in his effort to exert direct control over the party's lawmakers after having removed Ernesto Cordero as Senate leader earlier this year. The broader battle, which has pitted Madero's supporters against politicians more closely associated with former President Felipe Calderon, is creating a situation in which both sides i...

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