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Weekly Report - 30 July 2015 (WR-15-30)
MEXICO: The battle for the Right
After a poor showing in the mid-term congressional elections held on 7 June, Mexico’s second largest political party, the right-wing Partido Acción Nacional (PAN), faces a leadership contest with some 477,000 party members set to vote on 16 August in a two-horse race between Ricardo Anaya and Javier Corral for the position of party president. At issue is the party’s future strategy ahead of a significant number of gubernatorial elections in 2016, and the next presidential contest, which is coming up in 2018.
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