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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Mexico - 23 March 2018

MEXICO: Presidential candidates promise sweeping reform

Mexico’s presidential candidates are vying with each other for the tag of most committed fighter of corruption. Upon officially registering his candidacy before the national electoral institute (INE) on 16 March, the current frontrunner in the race, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, said his first reform would be to “abolish the immunity and privileges” of the political class. Not to be outdone, José Antonio Meade promised to eliminate the so-called fuero at all levels of government while registering his presidential candidacy for a coalition spearheaded by the federally ruling Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI). Ricardo Anaya, who is running for the Por México al Frente coalition, has seen his anti-corruption promises undermined by the money-laundering allegations he has been forced to fight.

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