If there were any doubt whatsoever about who the winners and losers were in the gubernatorial, state legislative and municipal elections on 5 June, they would have been dispelled by developments this week. In the space of two days, the presidents of two of Mexico’s three main political parties resigned: Agustín Basave, the president of the left-wing opposition Partido de la Revolución Democrática (PRD), followed a day later by Manlio Fabio Beltrones of the federally ruling Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI). Meanwhile, Ricardo Anaya, the president of the right-of-centre opposition Partido Acción Nacional (PAN), is being fêted as a possible presidential candidate in 2018.End of preview - This article contains approximately 957 words.
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