Mexican news headlines this week have been dominated by an escalating spat between prominent members of President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s coalition Juntos Haremos Historia (JHH). It has exposed López Obrador’s weakest flank: state-level politics. López Obrador will exercise control over both chambers of the federal congress when he takes office on 1 December, but 27 of the country’s 32 state governors will be in the opposition camp – and now it appears that a JHH governor-elect could be heading that way too. Improving cooperation with political rivals would be one answer but undercutting them looks like being the preferred option by replacing federal delegations with a handpicked coordinator for each individual state, who could wield as much if not more power than elected governors. End of preview - This article contains approximately 1309 words.
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