PAN Seeks Road to Recovery

MEXICO - Report 27 May 2014 by Guillermo Valdes and Esteban Manteca

Executive Summary Gravely worn down under the weight of its first 12 years in power, the National Action Party saw its extended process of internal decomposition greatly aggravated by its defeat in the 2012 elections. The setback also intensified the internal division that opened up in 2010 between those who remained loyal to then-Mexican President Felipe Calderón, and those who aligned behind PAN National Chairman Gustavo Madero. Calderonistas and maderistas have intensely battled one another ever since, but despite the predictably rancorous tone of the recent campaign for control of the o...

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