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Crunch time in Mexico
With the mid-term elections coming up on June 6, President Amlo faces subversion from domestic enemies and 'civil society' groups funded by the US. If successful however, it will be a huge step forward for his progressive Fourth Transformation, writes DAVID RABY
President Amlo’s Fourth Transformation proposes national control of oil and electric power, reform of the judicial system, bringing old-regime politicians to justice, ending false subcontracting and ensuring gender parity and indigenous rights
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EVER heard of a country where electoral fraud favours the opposition? Try Mexico, with its corrupt and aberrant Electoral Commission (National Electoral Institute, INE by its Spanish initials).
Political polarisation has been growing in Mexico over several aspects of Amlo’s Fourth Transformation — national control of oil and electric power, reform of a notoriously corrupt judicial system, bringing delinquent old-regime politicians to justice, ending false subcontracting and ensuring gender parity and indigenous rights.
Now the entire direction of travel has reached a critical point not seen since Amlo’s election in 2018, with the mid-term elections coming up on June 6.
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