Political Reform Speed Bump

MEXICO - Report 29 Oct 2014 by Guillermo Valdes and Esteban Manteca

Executive Summary Delays in passing political reform will require a major rethinking of the current legislative calendar as informally conceived by the three main political parties. At stake is not only whether the structural reform items listed in the Pact’s agenda can win approval during the current session, but also the quality of the new laws that would have to be rushed through Congress in order to meet that goal. The 2014 budget and related changes to tax law were to have been passed well ahead of time but are now likely to run up against a November 15 deadline, and the PAN is stickin...

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