Stuck on Political Reform

MEXICO - Report 12 Nov 2013 by Guillermo Valdes and Esteban Manteca

Executive Summary With just over a month to go before the current session concludes, Congress has little to show for its efforts other than progress on budget and tax policy. And although lawmakers are well behind schedule in addressing crucial structural reform issues that the major parties had agreed to pass before year’s end, they continue to add to the legislative backlog with more and more proposals of their own. Fully cognizant of the sense of urgency with which the government is trying to pass the energy reform, opposition parties are adopting tougher negotiating tactics. A case in p...

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