Expect Tough Talks in Congress

MEXICO - Report 09 Sep 2014 by Guillermo Valdes and Esteban Manteca

Executive Summary When President Enrique Peña handed Congress his second State of the Nation Report, the first session of the final year of the LXII Legislature formally got underway.In contrast to the fall session of 2013, there will be no discussion of major constitutional reforms, nor any mechanism resembling the Pact for Mexico through which to channel multi-party negotiations. And given that this session coincides with the formal launch of the process for organizing next June’s midterm elections, in which all seats in the lower chamber are up for grabs as well as many state and municip...

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