José Antonio Meade, the presidential candidate of the ruling Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI), is trying to regain the initiative in the campaign ahead of elections on 1 July. Meade, who is currently languishing at third place in opinion polls, has tried to do this by presenting his proposals for tackling one of Mexico’s most pervasive problems: corruption. But Meade’s efforts have fallen flat with a public all too aware that the former cabinet minister seldom spoke out against the various corruption cases that have affected the incumbent PRI federal administration. The PRI candidate is going to have to up his game in the coming months if he is to challenge the current frontrunner: Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the presidential candidate of the radical left-wing Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (Morena).End of preview - This article contains approximately 1353 words.
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