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Mexico & Nafta - June 2014 (ISSN 1741-444X)
Madero victory gives Peña Nieto breathing space
President Enrique Peña Nieto sent a dignified message to Gustavo Madero after he secured re-election as president of the right-wing opposition Partido Acción Nacional (PAN) in internal elections on 18 May, but in private he must have performed a little jig. Madero’s opponent, Ernesto Cordero Arroyo, has made absolutely no secret of the fact that he dislikes the ‘Pact for Mexico’ cross-party pact which he sees as part of a covert strategy by the ruling Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) to entrench itself in power and re-establish its long hegemony over Mexican politics. Madero is prepared to cooperate with the government until elections next year – and Peña Nieto urgently needs PAN support to push through crucial secondary legislation to enact several key reforms, above all to the energy sector.
