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Mexico & Nafta - January 2014 (ISSN 1741-444X)
Congress approves sweeping politico-electoral reform
Mexico’s political system will shortly undergo possibly its most substantive reform since the Mexican Revolution. Congress approved a significant politico-electoral reform bill before the end of the congressional session in December which, among other things, undoes one of the core tenets of the Revolution – no re-election. Under the electoral side of the reform, senators and mayors will be able to seek re-election for two consecutive terms from 2018; and federal and local deputies for four terms. On the political front, the attorney general’s office (Procuraduría General de la República, PGR) will be renamed the Fiscalía Nacional de la República from 2018 and granted full autonomy.
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