Sheinbaum Proposes a Caste-Free Congress and that All Candidates Campaign

El Pais

Lean Left

Factuality

Ownership

Three of the six national leaders of the political parties in Mexico are currently legislators of proportional representation; their candidatures were decided in the party bodies that they head, without the intervention of the citizenry. In the Senate, they occupy a seat Alejandro Moreno, leader of the PRI, and Alberto Anaya, leader of the Labor Party, while in the lower House, the PAN leader, Jorge Romero, is a multi-nominal deputy for the thir…

Indice Político

Factuality

Ownership

José Luis Parra In Mexico there are politicians who win elections and others who assign them. The second ones abound in Congress. Today, three of the six national party leaders comfortably occupy a seat or a curul thanks to the old mechanism of the multi-nominal lists. They did not have to sweat in campaign, go through colonies, or convince voters. It was enough to sit at the table where the places are distributed. And ready: direct ticket to th…