The sizeable lead retained by Andrés Manuel López Obrador in opinion polls is piling pressure on his rivals with under two months to go before Mexico’s presidential elections on 1 July. It is being felt most acutely by José Antonio Meade, whose campaign for the federally ruling Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) is stuttering. Ricardo Anaya, the presidential candidate of the Left-Right Por México al Frente coalition, who has consolidated his position in second place well ahead of Meade, appealed this week to PRI supporters to vote strategically for him in order to prevent López Obrador, the candidate of the left-wing Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (Morena), from winning. The resignation of the president of the PRI, Enrique Ochoa Reza, on 2 May, underscored the party’s difficulties.End of preview - This article contains approximately 1161 words.
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