Politics: Posing for the Elections

MEXICO - Report 10 Feb 2015 by Guillermo Valdes and Esteban Manteca

Executive Summary The Mexican Congress officially convened February 1 for a three-month regular session scheduled to conclude April 30, just over one month before federal elections in which every member of the Chamber of Deputies is to be replaced. With corruption and potential conflicts of interest on the part of public servants emerging as hot button issues this election year, the PAN, PRI and PRD have all included proposals in this regard in their respective legislative agendas. But there isn’t much of substance that the three major parties all agree on. At least two concur on the need f...

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