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Weekly Report - 06 September 2018 (WR-18-35)
MEXICO: López Obrador cements congressional supremacy
When President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador takes office on 1 December he will enjoy a congressional dominance not seen since the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) was in its pomp more than three decades ago. López Obrador’s coalition, Juntos Haremos Historia (JHH), has overwhelming majorities in both chambers of the federal congress. Daily defections in the days since deputies and senators took their seats on 1 September have even seen his party, Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (Morena), secure an outright majority of its own in the lower chamber without coalition partners.
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