The PRI, the PAN, or the PRD?
16 May '09 19:12They are typed in order of their popularity.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jvgHQRsEoni4K62iIaqony3-O8GwD987E2B80
Apparently the PRI's corruption is making news at a good time when people's attention are turning to mid-term elections. Still, the PRI machine does well during mid-term elections when turnout is low, they use their old currupt good-old-boys network to bring their voters to the poll more than the PAN or PRD can do during mid-term elections. They just don't have the political machinery created over 70 years of one-party rule.
See from the article:
"It's an unwritten rule in Mexico, followed by presidents for decades: Never criticize past or present leaders.
Former Mexican President Miguel de la Madrid broke that rule this past week — if only briefly — when he accused his successor Carlos Salinas of corruption.
"He promoted his family's huge corruption," the former president offered, surprising even his interviewer with his bluntness. Salinas, he said, robbed from a secret government fund and turned a blind eye when his brother profited from government contracts and had contacts with drug traffickers.
Salinas "committed serious errors, very serious. The worst: corruption," said De la Madrid, who chose Salinas as his successor under a system that long gave presidents nearly unlimited power until they left office.
The interview roiled Mexico's political class — and the ex-president's quick retraction caused further speculation about political turmoil. After all, De la Madrid remains a stalwart of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, someone clearly in the know about back-room wheeling and dealing at the height of the party's 71-year hold on Mexico."
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jvgHQRsEoni4K62iIaqony3-O8GwD987E2B80
Apparently the PRI's corruption is making news at a good time when people's attention are turning to mid-term elections. Still, the PRI machine does well during mid-term elections when turnout is low, they use their old currupt good-old-boys network to bring their voters to the poll more than the PAN or PRD can do during mid-term elections. They just don't have the political machinery created over 70 years of one-party rule.
See from the article:
"It's an unwritten rule in Mexico, followed by presidents for decades: Never criticize past or present leaders.
Former Mexican President Miguel de la Madrid broke that rule this past week — if only briefly — when he accused his successor Carlos Salinas of corruption.
"He promoted his family's huge corruption," the former president offered, surprising even his interviewer with his bluntness. Salinas, he said, robbed from a secret government fund and turned a blind eye when his brother profited from government contracts and had contacts with drug traffickers.
Salinas "committed serious errors, very serious. The worst: corruption," said De la Madrid, who chose Salinas as his successor under a system that long gave presidents nearly unlimited power until they left office.
The interview roiled Mexico's political class — and the ex-president's quick retraction caused further speculation about political turmoil. After all, De la Madrid remains a stalwart of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, someone clearly in the know about back-room wheeling and dealing at the height of the party's 71-year hold on Mexico."
